Apapa (1927)

Builder:
Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1927
Launched:
August 26, 1926
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
January 28, 1927
Fate:
Sunk Nov. 15, 1940 by German FW-200 aircraft (bombs) while in Convoy SL-53.

Location: North Atlantic, 138 miles northwest of Rockall.
(54.34N - 16.47W)

20 crew and at least 5 passengers killed, 1 more died of wounds. 229 survivors picked
up by rescue vessels. (Note: sources differ on both number killed and number of survivors.)
(Roll of Honour)


Owner
Elder, Dempster & Company, Ltd.
(Elder Dempster Line)
Liverpool, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
450' 7"
Engines:
2 diesels
Beam:
62' 3"
Boilers:
None
Draft:
31' (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
9,333
HP:
1,651
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
14.5 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
N/A
Masts:
2


Masters
From
To
Name
?
Nov. 15, 1940
Vaughan Davies


Notes
Used on the South African route for entire career.
Oct. 27, 1940:
Departed Freetown, Sierra Leone for Liverpool in convoy SL-53.


Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 2, 2009