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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.

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Napier Perfecting Machine 1928

About the Trust

Who we are? What we do?

Formed in 1991 the Napier Power Heritage Trust was formed with the purpose of recording and
commemorating the heritage of
D Napier & Son Ltd, its employees and products.

Read more About Us here
Alan Vessey & Nigel Paine PJW archive

D. Napier & Son Ltd.

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Napierians

The People who worked at Napier

Company

All about D. Napier & Son

Products

Napier’s products

Recent Articles

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PL4 – A Bigger and Faster Boat for Shell

By |September 14, 2022|Categories: Deltic, Marine Engines|

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 [...]

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