Napier Power Heritage Trust
The Official Website dedicated to the history of
D. Napier & Son Ltd
Welcome to the new Napier Power Heritage Trust Website.
This website is currently under construction.
It is waiting for the addition of a lot more photographs and engine data.
This will come during September followed by our NEW Shop.
Please bear with us while we prepare everything.
PL4 – A Bigger and Faster Boat for Shell
This is an edited article originally from ‘This is Napier’ No.5 1959 During 1957 the Compania Shell de Venezuela took delivery of three high-speed passenger launches for service on Lake Maracaibo between land bases and oil rigs up to 40 miles offshore. The launches, designed and built by John I. Thornycroft [...]