Post by Administrator on Nov 20, 2013 22:52:34 GMT
“In memory of John Mackey, Leeds, Able Seaman also a man whose name is unknown they both perished through the sinking of the British Passenger Steam Ship ‘Apapa’ by a German Submarine on 28th Nov 1917 their bodies were washed ashore at Rhos on Sea. They died for their country”
The SS Apapa was one of the largest liners in the Elder Dempster fleet and was returning home to the port of Liverpool from West Africa when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. The vessel had reached a position three miles north east of Port Lynas, Anglesey when she was attacked at 4.10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28th, 1917, when steaming at 13 knots. No sign of the submarine was visible to those on board. The torpedo exploded on the starboard side extinguishing the electric light and making the work of mustering the passengers much more difficult, but fortunately the sea was calm, with brilliant moonlight. Captain Toft managed to launch a number of boats without incident, but ten minutes after the first attack a second torpedo struck one of the boats containing around 30 people and killed or drowned the majority. There were 249 persons on board the SS Apapa; 40 passengers and 37 crewmen were lost.
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The SS Apapa was one of the largest liners in the Elder Dempster fleet and was returning home to the port of Liverpool from West Africa when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. The vessel had reached a position three miles north east of Port Lynas, Anglesey when she was attacked at 4.10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28th, 1917, when steaming at 13 knots. No sign of the submarine was visible to those on board. The torpedo exploded on the starboard side extinguishing the electric light and making the work of mustering the passengers much more difficult, but fortunately the sea was calm, with brilliant moonlight. Captain Toft managed to launch a number of boats without incident, but ten minutes after the first attack a second torpedo struck one of the boats containing around 30 people and killed or drowned the majority. There were 249 persons on board the SS Apapa; 40 passengers and 37 crewmen were lost.
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