Castle Eden

Type: Wartime merchantman with a 13-pounder gun mounted at the stern

Travel directions: From Belfast take the M2, A26 and A44 to Ballycastle, then the A2 along the coast to Portstewart or Portmore.

Dive Information:

Harbour / slip: Portmore / Portstewart

Parking directions:           

Distance from harbour:  10.1 Nm from Portmore and 14.6 Nm from Portstewart      

Lat & Long: 55,19,500  007,03,520
 

Chart:

Depth:  33m

Tides:   Dive slack water.

Diveboat:        Dive North  

Diveshop:        Dive North  

Accommodation:                                      

Suggested experience:      Experianced sport diver                

Other comments:   Sunk WW1 by German U-Boat U110 which waited until the lifeboats were clear before finishing off the Castle Eden with the U-boat's deck gun.

Pub: Farrens bar (Irelands most northerly pub) also there are two other pubs in the area called the crossroads inn and the Sea View Tavern.

Created by:    Geoff         

Date:   13/3/08                               

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