Name: | CASTLE EDEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/08/1882 |
Completed: | 26/09/1882 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 141 |
Dimensions: | 2384grt, 1555nrt, 3205dwt, 300.2 x 37.2 x 26.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.8knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 86982 |
History: | |
26/09/1882 | Castle Eden SS Co Ltd (Thomlinson & Thompson, managers), Liverpool |
1886 | Managers changed to J Little & Co. |
1898 | A Deppe, Antwerp; renamed LYS |
1905 | Cie Nationale Belge de Transp Marit, Antwerp |
1915 | Franco-British SS Co Ltd, London; renamed ALGIERS |
26/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract price £36950, Profit £3561 |
Launched as BENWELL TOWER for Stumore, Weston & Co, London, but sold before completion | |
30/10/1888: Stranded near Shab Mubarak, Farisan Bank, Red Sea. Subsequently refloated | |
26/02/1917: Sunk by a mine, 2 miles south of the Owers Light vessel, when on passage from Calais to Barry |