Adenwen (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1917

UKHO wreck no. 010501496. Chart symbol 32wk. A 3,798-ton, 4-year-old British steamship armed for defensive purposes. Built by Bartram & Sons, owned by W. & C. T. Jones Ltd. Measured L. 350ft x B. 50ft x D. 23.7ft. En route from Cuba to Queenstown to Liverpool, cargo of sugar. Torpedoed by German submarine UC-65 without warning. Ten lives lost; 23 crew rescued. Survey of possible wreck site carried out in October 1982. Lies orientated NE–SW in general sea depth of 40m; least depth 34m. Wreckage m

Type:
Steamship

Period:
1917

Coordinates:
52.88°N, 5.80°W

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