About This Unit
S.S. Aparima was sunk on 19 November 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-40 at position 50° 29' N, 01° 58' W - approximately 6 nautical miles from Anvil Point. She was sailing in ballast from London to Barry where she was due to take on coal. This was one of New Zealand's worse shipping losses in the war and 17 of 30 cadets on board were amongst those lost.