X.215
Name: X.215
Class: 98 foot, powered; Nos X.201 - X.225
Launch Date: 1916
Builder: J. T. Eltringham & Co., Willington Quay, Tyne
Yard No: 326
Engine: PLE
Screws: 2
Other Information:
02/1920 sold to Captain Joseph Green, London
1923 DYSERTH (ON 145932)
1923 lengthened to 118.1 feet
A.H.C.
1934 RIVER LOYNE, R.Gardner, Lancaster and listed as a hopper barge with a 4cyl. by D. Goedkoop, Amsterdam
12/1948 sank in the Menai Straits
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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