NAJA

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (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

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

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)