‘X’ Lighters Database

A listing of the 'X' series of lighters built as an emergency measure during the First World War

Name	Launch Date	Builder	Yard No
DX.001	19/06/1916	Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees	189
DX.002	19/06/1916	Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees	190
DX.003	1916	W. Dobson & Co., Newcastle	205
DX.004	1916	W. Dobson & Co., Newcastle	206
DX.005	1916	Goole Sbdg. & Repairing Co., Goole	203
DX.006	1916	Goole Sbdg. & Repairing Co., Goole	204
DX.007	28/09/1916	Blyth Shipbuilding Co.	195
DX.008	28/09/1916	Blyth Shipbuilding Co.	196
DX.009	28/09/1916	Blyth Shipbuilding Co.	197
DX.010	28/09/1916	Blyth Shipbuilding Co.	198
DX.011	31/05/1916	W. Harkess & Co., Middlesbrough	214
DX.012	31/05/1916	W. Harkess & Co., Middlesbrough	215
DX.013	1916	Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough
DX.014	1916	Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough
DX.015	1916	Osbourne, Graham & Co., Hylton, Sunderland	206
DX.016	1916	Osbourne, Graham & Co., Hylton, Sunderland	207
DX.017	05/04/1916	Short Brothers, Sunderland	406
DX.018	17/05/1916	Short Brothers, Sunderland	407
DX.019	17/05/1916	Short Brothers, Sunderland	408
DX.020	22/05/1916	Short Brothers, Sunderland	409

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X-Lighter Classes/numbering:

X.001 - X.200: 105.5 foot, powered

X.201 - X.225: 98 foot, powered

DX.001 - DX.025: 98 foot, dumb

MISC.001 - MISC.003: Vessels believed to be former X-lighters, origins untraced

Engine Abbreviations:

'BOL' = 2 cyl. 'hot bulb' oil engine by J. & C. G. Bolinders Co., Stockholm

'SVE' = 2 cyl. oil engine by J. V. Svensin, Augustendal (Avance design)

'BEAR' = 2 cyl. oil engine by Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir</p>

'CAMP' = 2 cyl. 'hot bulb' oil engine by The Campbell Gas Engine Co. Ltd., Halifax

'PLE' = 2 cyl. oil engine by Plenty & Son, Newbury (Kromhout design)

'SKAN' = 2 cyl. oil engine by Skandia