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
John Elder was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder. He was born at Glasgow on 8 March 1824. His family was connected with Kinross, where, for several generations, his forefathers had followed the occupation of wrights, for which they seemed to have a special aptitude.
John Elder
The grave of John Elder, Glasgow Necropolis