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MV ''Abosso'' was a passenger, mail and cargo liner, the flagship of Elder Dempster Lines. In peacetime she ran scheduled services between Liverpool and West Africa. In the Second World War she was a troop ship, running between the United Kingdom, West Africa and South Africa. ''Abosso'' was built in 1935 and sunk by in 1942, killing 362 of the 393 people aboard. She carried the same name as an earlier Elder Dempster ship, , which had been built in 1912 and sunk by the submarine in 1917. ==Building and service== Cammell Laird of Birkenhead, England, built ''Abosso'' for Elder Dempster Lines in 1935.〔 She was launched on 19 June, completed in 8 September and began her maiden voyage on 16 October.〔 ''Abosso'' was a motor ship, with two eight-cylinder two-stroke single-acting marine diesel engines driving twin screws and a combined rating of 1,660 NHP.〔 Her navigation equipment included wireless direction finding and an echo sounding device.〔 ''Abosso''s accommodation had capacity for 250 1st class, 74 2nd class and 332 3rd class passengers〔 arranged over three decks.〔 She had refrigeration equipment for carrying perishable cargo in her holds.〔 ''Abosso''s regular peacetime route was between Liverpool and Apapa, Nigeria. By the standards of her era ''Abosso'' was a small ocean liner, but she was the largest ship in Elder Dempster's fleet. On 27 June 1939 in dense fog off Ushant in France, ''Abosso'' was involved in a collision with the British coaster .〔 Both ships survived the incident. In the Second World War ''Abosso'' was converted into a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship and 20 DEMS gunners were added to her regular crew.〔 She served primarily as a troop ship but also continued to carry civilian passengers between Africa and the UK. On 24 May 1941 a ''Luftwaffe'' Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'' aircraft attacked ''Abosso'', but the ship survived with only slight damage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Abosso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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