X.196

Name: X.196

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

Launch Date: 13/05/1915

Builder: R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland

Yard No: 298

Engine: BOL

Screws: 2

Other Information:

Also designated K.15

1921 for disposal at Mudros

Info supplied by Aris Bilalis (located in Piraeus Barge Registers):
Sold in June 1920 to M. Steriotis and renamed MAIANDROS.
She was then sold in 1921 to ‘Mihalinos’ Maritime & Commercial S.A. οf Piraeus.

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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