Passenger liner Accra, 9,337grt, (Elder Dempster Lines) had been sailing in the 37 ship Convoy OB-188 as the Vice Commodore ship which left Liverpool on the 23rd July 1940. The Accra was carrying over 300 passengers and a general cargo for Freetown and other West African ports. On the 26th July the day before the Convoy was to disperse the Accra was torpedoed by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollman) in the Atlantic 320 miles West of Bloody Foreland and sank in position 55' 40N 16' 28W. The Accra's Captain, 153 crew and 311 passengers were rescued by the following ships, Hollinside (British), the Loke (Norwegian), sloop HMS Enchantress and the Corvette HMS Clarkia. Conflicting information has between 19/24 passengers and crew lost when the motor lifeboat capsized in rough sea's. 7 crew members from the Accra are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London on panel 2.

DAVIS, Cleaner, WILFRED E., M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 37.

FAWCETT, Cook, CHARLES, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 46. Son of Charles Arthur and Mary Abbie Fawcett, of Grassendale. Lancashire.

JOHNSTON, Steward, GORDON HUGH, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 35. Husband of Maud Johnston, of West Wickham, Kent.

McALEER, Fourth Engineer Officer, HENRY, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 24.

McMAHON, Steward, WILLIAM, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 47. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth McMahon, of Liverpool; husband of Elizabeth McMahon, of Liverpool.

ONYESON, Cleaner, JOSEPH, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 28

ROBERTS, Engineer Officer (Seventh), IFOR WYN, M.V. Accra (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Roberts, of Llandegai, Caernarvonshire.