Hand-tinted photograph of steam collier 'Ajasa' under way

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Photograph of construction of steam collier 'Ajasa'

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

Object numberABDSHIP002523

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
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.