Adda
Ship Number
608
Vessel Type
Passenger Cargo Ship
Built
Greenock Yard
Slip Number
4
Launch Date
May 25, 1922
Delivered
November 14, 1922
Owner
Elder Dempster & Co.
Weight
7816 grt
BP Length
435 feet
Breadth
57 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
Harland and Wolff B&W 4SCSA 16 cyl: 28 1/8 – 45 1/4 5000bhp
Official No.
146664
Registered
London
Fate
Torpedoed
 Adda

Completed by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Greenock for African Steamship Co. Ltd. (Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd., managers), and named Adda.
 
15th August 1932: Owners became Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.
 
8th June 1947: Torpedoed and sunk by submarine off Monrovia in position 8.50N 14.39W off Freetown  with the loss of 12 lives.
 
[The Pirre-Kylsant Motorships 1915-1932. Alan S Mallett and Andrew M. B. Bell]