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Adda Ship Elder Dempster Lines1

?, #15713, b. November 1922, d. 8 June 1941
Pedigree
Last Edited: 16 Oct 2019
  • (Child) Birth*: Adda Ship Elder Dempster Lines was born in November 1922 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, ; O.N.146664. 7,816 gross tons, length 435ft x beam 57.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots. Laid down by Harland & Wolff, Greenock as the ANCOBRA, but launched and completed in Nov.1922 for African Steamship Co. (Elder, Dempster & Co.), Liverpool as the ADDA for the Liverpool - West Africa service. Apr.1923 collided with the s/s BATA in the River Mersey. April 1933 transferred to Elder, Dempster Lines Ltd. 8th June 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U.107 (Hessler) in position 08.30N 14.39W on voyage Liverpool to West Africa with 490 passengers and crew. Ten crew and two passengers were lost.2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Adda Ship Elder Dempster Lines died on 8 June 1941 at age 18.2
  • (Ship) Passenger List: Adda Ship Elder Dempster Lines passenger list included Archibald Hall Ford when she sailed on 1 March 1939 at from Liverpool, Takoradi, West Coast Africa, . Ford, Mr A, 5 Sandeman Street Dundee; travelling second class; engineer aged 38, last permanent residence in another part of the British Empire; country of intended future residence West Coast Africa.1

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Passenger Lists 1937 Liverpool to West Coast Africa TNA_BT27_1534_00_0022_P_0007F [Jun 2018].
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsA.shtml [May 2019].