X.097

Name: X.097

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

Launch Date:

Builder: Dundee Ship Building Co.

Yard No: 287

Engine:

Screws:

Other Information:

Also designated K.71

1921 for disposal at Malta

1921 Foam Towing Co. Ltd., Cyprus as X.97 (ON 114939)

192x Solea Barge Company, Cyprus

1941 – 1945 requisitioned

194x renamed BARGE No.6

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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