AJASA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Government of Nigeria
(Lagos, Nigeria)
Date10 June 1953
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 330' x breadth 46' x depth 21'
Gross Tonnage: 3262 ton
Gross Tonnage: 3262 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002523
Keywords
Yard Number: 831
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, quarterdeck 216’, bridge deck 43’, forecastle 31’, machinery aft, cruiser stern.
Owners:
1951: Crown Agent for the Colonies, for the Government of Nigeria
Notes:
Launch sponsor, Lady Downie, wife of Sir Harold F. Downie, one of the Crown Agents. Ajasa was built for 'the Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of the Nigerian Government [...] will be engaged in the carriage of coal for the Nigerian railways.'
(Burntisland Ship-Group Journal, vol. 23, (1953), p. 14)
Triple expansion engines with 20", 35" and 59" cylinders, 39" stroke, by Hall Russell, 3 single ended boilers.
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