Nov 28, 2021 · It was towards 4 o'clock on the morning of 28 November 1917 with a choppy sea running - cold, dark and wintry - that the R.M.S. Apapa, one of the 7,000 ton mail steamers of the Elder Dempster fleet, was steaming a good 13½ knots off Point Lynas, bound to …

Sep 26, 2020 · In the glory days of steam ship travel, there once was an ocean liner named the SS Apapa. Not to be confused with two other tragic ships that bore that name, this particular vessel has a particularly interesting place in our history.

Jun 24, 2006 · ‘Apapa’ was defensively-armed and on 28 November 1917, 3 miles N by E from Lynas Point, near Amlwch, Anglesey, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German submarine. 77 lives were lost and there were 64 survivors.

Apapa was a liner of the Elder Dempster fleet, and was sailing back to Liverpool from West Africa when the ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-96 off the Welsh coast on 28 November 1917.

The most recent surveys have confirmed that this wreck is the APAPA. The APAPA was travelling from West Africa to Liverpool when she was sunk by U 96 off Point Lynas, Anglesey on 28 November 1917 with the loss of 77 passengers and crew.

The APAPA was an Abosso class ship built and launched 1914-1915 for the Elder Dempster Company. This company had extensive assets involved in maritime shipping to and from West Africa. The APAPA was one of the largest and fastest ship in their extensive fleet.

Jul 24, 2009 · The APAPA was a passenger steamship built by Harland & Wolff at Glasgow in 1914. It was used by the Elder Dempster Shipping Line for the West African Mail Service.

"Apapa" was defensively-armed and on 28 November 1917, 3 miles N by E from Lynas Point, near Amlwch, Anglesey, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German …

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May 9, 2021 · The Apapa lay undisturbed in her watery grave for 55 years until 1972 when her wreck was discovered, resting upright under almost 200 feet of water. The African Merchant seamen that served in the...