X.086
Name: X.086
Class: 105.5 foot, powered; Nos X.1 - X.200
Launch Date: 1915
Builder: Blyth Shipbuilding Co.
Yard No: 189
Engine: SKAN
Screws: 1
Other Information:
17/11/1924 registered as PHYLLIS HUDSON (ON 148504), Hudsons Ltd, Brighton
133grt, 92nrt, 80bhp, 7.25 knots
17/11/1924 registered as PHYLLIS HUDSON (ON 148504), Hudsons Ltd, Brighton
133grt, 92nrt, 80bhp, 7.25 knots
18/06/1925 to Prizeman & Co (1925) Ltd, Southampton
25/03/1926 to Clifford Newton, London
02/02/1927, sank in River Scheldt, total loss but salvaged.
1927-1938 with Dutch owners, no change of name.
In 1938 145grt, 105nrt
1938 PETERBOROUGH TRADER, Peterborough Shipping Co. Ltd. (A. V. Jackson), Wisbech
Re-engined 1938 by Skandia, Lysekil M2cyl, 130bhp
08/03/1944 to J. J. Prior (Transport ) Ltd., Blackwall, reg at London as PETERBOROUGH
1950 154grt, 68nrt
Register closed 1964, broken up
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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