Elder Dempster Lines

The British shipping company Elder Dempster Lines ( Company: Elder Dempster & Company, Limited) was from 1910 to 1989 It operated mainly scheduled services between Europe and West Africa..

History

The roots of Elder Dempster & Company, Limited, founded in 1852 located in the African Steam Ship Company, Limited, which held a postal service from London to Madeira, Tenerife and the West African ports. As of 1856, the company was based in Liverpool.

1894 took over the African Steam Ship Company the Avonmouth -Canada service of the Dominion Line. 1898 Beaver Line was bought with their Liverpool - Canada service. The following year, on May 3, 1899 transferred to the ownership of the fleet by Elder Dempster and Company of Elder Dempster Shipping. With one of these ships was called in 1901 the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Company with its Caribbean service to life. 1903 were given the shares in Canada from service along with the fourteen ships deployed there at Canadian Pacific.

In 1910 was the Elder Dempster & Company Limited, as the company was sold to Lord and Lord Pirrie Kylsant. Although the party broke in 1931 in the wake of the global economic crisis together, but was continued by a Gläubigerrat and reorganized later with the help of the government and refinanced.

From 1951, all ships of the company came into the possession of the newly formed British & Burmese Steam Navigation Company. These were followed by a series of ship transfers within the lines Elder Dempster, Guinea Gulf, Blue Funnel Line and the British & Burmese Steam Navigation Company.

At the height of the line drive in the 1960s came to the freight services should still the three ships Aureol, Accra and Apapa, with which a passenger liner service from Liverpool to Ghana and Nigeria was entertained.

1965 took over the Ocean Steam Ship Company ( Blue Funnel Line), the Elder Dempster Lines, 1984 and also the Palm Line was incorporated into the group.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the transformation of the British merchant shipping and the increase in air traffic in the shrinking West Africa services by Elder Dempster Lines became noticeable. The passenger service to West Africa was set in 1974. 1989 Elder Dempster Lines, Palm Line and the Guinea Gulf Line taken over by the French Delmas frequent Jeux group, but not continued. By 8 May 2000, the Elder Dempster Agencies still worked as a British line agencies for Delmas and were then formally dissolved and continued as Delmas UK.

Ships ( selection)

  • Aba- built in 1917, declined in 1947
  • Abosso (I) - 1912 Put into service, 1917 sunk by a German U- boat
  • Abosso (II ) - 1935 Put into service, 1942 sunk by a German U- boat
  • Accra (II ) - put into service in 1926, 1940 sunk by a German U- boat
  • Adda -1922 put into service, 1941 sunk by a German U- boat
  • Apapa (I) - 1915 Put into service, 1917 sunk by a German U- boat
  • Apapa (II ) - 1927 Put into service, 1940 sunk by German aircraft
  • Placed in service in 1913, scrapped in 1936 - Appam
  • Burutu - put into service in 1902, 1918 sunk after collision
  • Mendi - put into service in 1905, 1917 sunk after collision
  • Seaforth -1939 put into service, 1941 sunk by a German U- boat
CP Ships MV Abosso SS Burutu (1902) SS Mendi
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