X.167

Name: X.167

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

Launch Date: 1915

Builder: Wm. Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir

Yard No: 533L

Engine: BOL

Screws: 1

Other Information:

1919 in Northern Russia

05/1920 sold to All Seas Marine & Salvage Co., London

19/11/1924 to London register as X.167, 141grt, 91nrt

11/1925 to P. I. Woodcock, J. T. Brenton & P. Hakewill, Falmouth.

07/1926 STANLEY BALDWIN, F. T. Everard & Sons. (ON 148506)

1926 re-engined with a 2 cyl. by Plenty & Son Ltd., Newbury. 90bhp, 6 knots, 149grt, 99nrt.

1938 re-engined with a 2 cyl. by Newbury Diesel Co. Ltd.

12/1946 LAIKA, M. P. Almund, Ommel, Denmark

1952 ELMO, J. Kristensen, Marstal, Denmark

1952 re-engined with a 2 cyl. by A/B Bolinder-Munktell, Eskiltuna, sweden.

1956 sold to A. Otte & G. jacobs, Hamburg

1965 GUTHOLZ, W. Holzman, Hamburg

1985 believed broken up at Hamburg.

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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