X.161

Name: X.161

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

Launch Date: 1915

Builder: Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir

Yard No: 533F

Engine:

Screws:

Other Information:

Converted to a tanker on completion and renamed MUSSEL.

1920 re-engined with a 2 cyl. by Plenty & Son Ltd., Newbury

12/1922 sold to Dashwood & Partners, London

23/05/1925 to London register as RAMBLE, F. T. Everard & Sons

137grt, 63nrt, 90bhp, 6 knots

1928 shown as 148grt, 74nrt

1933 re-engined with a 2 cyl. by Newbury Diesel Co. Ltd., 120bhp, 7 knots

1959 broken up at Greenhithe by her owner.

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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