‘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.192	10/05/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	297	BOL
X.193	02/04/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	295	BOL
X.194	14/05/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	299	BOL
X.195	21/05/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	300	BOL
X.196	13/05/1915	R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland	298	BOL
X.197	30/06/1915	Ropner & Son Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees	516
X.198	30/06/1915	Ropner & Son Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees	517	BOL
X.199	1915	Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough		BOL
X.200	1915	Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough	196?	BOL
X.200a	1917
X.201	1916	Ailsa S.B. Co., Troon	305
X.202	1916	Ailsa S.B. Co., Troon	306
X.203		Bow, McLachlan & Co., Paisley	323-325?
X.204		Bow, McLachlan & Co., Paisley	323-325?
X.205	1915	Geo. Brown & Co., Greenock	98
X.206	1915	Geo. Brown & Co., Greenock	99
X.207	15/06/1916	Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees	187	BOL
X.208	16/06/1916	Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees	188	CAMP
X.209	1916	W. Dobson & Co., Newcastle	201	BOL
X.210	1916	W. Dobson & Co., Newcastle	202	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