Elder Dempster Lines
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Elder Dempster Lines was a UK shipping company that traded from 1932 to 2000, but had its origins in the mid-19th century.
Abosso (7,782 GRT), built in 1912 and sunk by enemy action in 1917, killing 65 people
Share of the Elder Dempster and Company, Ltd, issued 5 May 1916
Mendi (4,222 GRT), built in 1905 and sunk in a wartime collision in 1917, killing 646 people
Apapa (11,651 GRT), built in 1948 to replace an earlier Apapa sunk in 1940
Alfred Lewis Jones
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Sir Alfred Lewis Jones was a Welsh businessman and ship-owner. Described by W. T. Stead as "The Uncrowned King of West Africa", Jones was a pre-eminent figure in the colonial shipping trade who amasse
Elder Dempster Lines
…Shipping Predecessor African Steamship Co Ltd Founded Liverpool, England (1932) Defunct 2000 Fate Wound up Headquarters Liverpool, England Key people Alfred Lewis Jones Parent Ocean Group plc Subsidiaries Seaway Car Transporters Ltd Abosso (7,782 GRT), built in 1912 and sunk by enemy action in 1917, killing 65 people…
Half length portrait of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones
Memorial, Liverpool
Memoriam, Anfield
Alfred L. Jones