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Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co1

?, #9169, b. 1914, d. 28 November 1917
Pedigree
Last Edited: 14 Jun 2020
  • (Child) Birth*: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co was born in 1914; Ship Name     Apapa
    Years in service     1914-1917
    Funnels     1
    Masts     2
    Shipping Line     Elder, Dempster & Co.
    Line     6
    Ship description     
    Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 7,832. Dimensions: 425' x 57'. Twin-screw, 14 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co died on 28 November 1917 History     
    Service: England-West Africa. Torpedoed and sunk without warning near Lynas Point, November 28, 1917, with the loss of 77 lives.2
  • Birth: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co was born in 1927 at Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast, Ireland, ; Tonnage: 9,333. Dimensions: 450' x 62'. Twin-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Motorship. Two masts and one funnel.1
  • Death: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co died in 1940; Passengers: 400. Crew: 160. Sunk by bombs from enemy aircraft, November 15, 1940. Sister ship: Accra.1
  • (Child) Birth: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co was born in 1948; Ship Name     Apapa
    Years in service     1948-
    Funnels     1
    Masts     2
    Shipping Line     Elder, Dempster & Co.
    Line     2
    Ship description     
    Built by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow, England. Tonnage: 11,651. Dimensions: 452' x 66' (471' o.l.) Twin-screw, 16 knots. Motorship. Two masts and one funnel.2
  • (Deceased) Death: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co died after 1948 History     
    Service: Liverpool-West Africa. Passengers: 246 first and 24 third class. Sister ship: Accra.2
  • (Ship) Passenger List: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co passenger list included William Ewan Conway when she sailed on 22 December 1930 at depart Lagos, Africa, via Accra, Freetown, arrive Plymouth, England, . Conway, William Ewan, 62 Church Road Richmond Surrey, travelling 1st class, civil servant aged 37, permanent residence Gold Coast; boarded ship at Takovadi.3
  • (Ship) Passenger List*: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co passenger list included Adele Gertrude Aldridge and Audrey Malvina Conway when she sailed on 12 October 1935 at depart Calabar, Nigeria, via Freetown, Accra, Lagos, Port Harcourt, arrived Liverpool, England, . Conway, Adele G, 12 Church Road Richmond Surrey, travelling 1st class, wife, aged 41, adult not accompanied by husband or wife, permanent residence England; boarded ship at Accra.4
  • (Ship) Passenger List*: Apapa Ship Elder, Dempster & Co passenger list included David Nicholson Niven when she sailed on 18 June 1956 at from Lagos, Liverpool, England, . Name:      David Nicholson Niven
    Arrival Age:      29
    Birth Date:      11 Aug 1926
    Port of Departure:      Lagos
    Arrival Date:      18 Jun 1956
    Port of Arrival:      Liverpool, England
    Ports of Voyage:      Lagos; Takoradi; Freetown and Bathurst
    Ship Name:      Apapa
    Shipping Line:      Elder Dempster Lines Ltd
    Official Number:      0079/01
    Search Ship Database:      Search for the Apapa in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database.5

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Ancestry.co.uk ships lists [Jan 2012].
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Ships collection [Apr 2018].
  3. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 895; Item: 33 Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. [Jan 2012]
  4. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 1066; Item: 44 Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. [Jan 2012]
  5. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) David Nicholson Niven UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
    UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for David Nicholson Niven
    Liverpool, England
    1956 Jun [Jun 2020].