Accra
1949
(Albatros AL-261)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 11,599 tons
- Dimensions: 471 x 66 x 32 ft
- Machinery: Two Doxford diesels, twin screw, 9,400 bhp = 15 knots
- Passengers: 466 (297 first class, 24 tourist class, 145 deck class)
- Crew:
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness, 1947
- Service: Built for Elder Dempster Lines (British flag) service from Liverpool to West Africa, including Las Palmas, Bathurst, Freetown, Tema, Lagos, and Apapa. Initially with black hull, she made her maiden voyage 24 Sep 1947. In Nov 1949 she needed repairs in Liverpool, emerging with a grey hull and green boot-topping as shown here. Air conditioning installed in the passenger accommodations in 1960.
Removed from service in late 1967 after 171 voyages and scrapped in Spain. sistership Apapa
Up