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Eden

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1879 Eden Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.
1899 Eden R. Brown & Sons Ltd.
1908 Eden AS Eden

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Eden was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-70 (Werner Furbringer), 10 miles south of Worthing, on April 30th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master O. Kopstad.

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