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NAJA
NAJA
NAJA

NAJA

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1925
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 73 1/6' x breadth 18 1/12' x depth 9 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 72 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001479
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 593.
Official Number: 148526

Fate: Sank after taking direct hit from V1 Doodlebug rocket whilst changing crews as Tower Bridge Tug, 12 July 1944. Six crew killed. Salved and scrapped later in 1944.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steal screw tug, electric light fitted.

Owners:
01/1925: Delivered to Gaselee & Son Ltd., registered in London. Cost £6150.

General History:
16/01/1941: Suffered damage following near miss by bomb at Tower Bridge. One crew killed and one died later in hospital.
03/1941: Returned to service following repairs.

"The NAJA had steam assited steering which relieved the helsman of the physical effort of steering".
P. N. Thomas (1983), "British Steam Tugs" (Waine Research, Wolverhampton), pp. 100-101): plans of the NAJA on p. 100.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 10½", 16" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'0" diameter, 10'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
BENTLEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 February 1895
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
June 1872
Lisbon (677), Estrellano (678) General Arragement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 October 1920
ALFORD
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1889
TUSKER
Alexander HALL & Co.
1956
JOHN BUNYAN
Walter Hood & Co.
1848
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
ASTEROPE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1859
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1881
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1883
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
August 1879
FRISKY
John Lewis & Sons
11 May 1918
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 May 1957
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1887
ABERDEEN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
March 1871
NEWCASTLE
DUTHIE
5 February 1842
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1893
Black & white photograph of 'Charles H Merz'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 June 1955