Dunkwa
Ship Number
735
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Archibald McMillan & Son
Yard
Dumbarton
Slip Number
1
Launch Date
June 15, 1927
Delivered
August 24, 1927
Owner
Elder Dempster & Co.
Weight
3789 grt
BP Length
355 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
10 knots
Propulsion
Oil engine. 4S.C.SA. 6Cyl. 489NHP by H&W
Official No.
149636
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
 Dunkwa

One of the first Elder Dempster & Company cargo ships to be air conditioned and with a small swimming pool on the boat deck behind the funnel. Named after the city of Dunkwa in Ghana.
 
1941 torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic, 7 lives lost.