‘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	Engine
X.172	1915	Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir	533Q	BOL
X.173	1915	Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir	533R	BOL
X.174	1915	Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir	533S	BOL
X.175	1915	Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir	533T	BOL
X.176	1915	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Southwick, Sunderland	999A
X.177	1915	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Southwick, Sunderland	999B	BOL
X.178	1915	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Southwick, Sunderland	999C	BOL
X.179	195	Geo. Brown & Co., Greenock	94	BOL
X.180	1915	Geo. Brown & Co., Greenock	93	BOL
X.181	13/05/1915	J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland	233	BOL
X.182	13/05/1915	J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland	234	BOL
X.183	28/05/1915	J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland	235	BOL
X.184	28/05/1915	J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland	236	BOL
X.185	02/06/1915	J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland	237	BOL
X.186	1915	Caird & Co., Greenock	331	BOL
X.187	1915	Caird & Co., Greenock	332	BOL
X.188	1915	Caird & Co., Greenock	333	BOL
X.189	1915	Caird & Co., Greenock	334	BOL
X.190	1915	Caird & Co., Greenock	335	BOL
X.191	03/05/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	296	BOL

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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