X.076

Name: X.076

Class: 105.5 foot, powered; Nos X.1 - X.200

Launch Date: 1915

Builder: Short Brothers, Sunderland

Yard No: 402

Engine: BOL

Screws: 2

Other Information:

later DRAKE

LIFTER of McCann Towing Ltd., London

1948 re-engined  with 2 x M3cyl. 2-stroke, 180bhp by Crossley Bros., Manchester

13/04/1951 first reg. at London, ON.184412 to Bowker & King Ltd., Woolwich as BRADFIELD

1971 Belcon Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd., Putney

1971 M Tugs Ltd. (A. P. McCann), Putney

later RHINO II

Seen at Plymouth 08/1999

later DRAKE

LIFTER of McCann Towing Ltd., London

1948 re-engined  with 2 x M3cyl. 2-stroke, 180bhp by Crossley Bros., Manchester

13/04/1951 first reg. at London, ON.184412 to Bowker & King Ltd., Woolwich as BRADFIELD

1971 Belcon Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd., Putney

1971 M Tugs Ltd. (A. P. McCann), Putney

later RHINO II

Seen at Plymouth 08/1999

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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