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