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Name: X 113
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 28/05/1915
Completed: 1915
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 3
Dimensions: 127grt, 94nrt, 105.9 x 21.1 x 7.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2cyl, ‘hot bulb’, 40bhp
Engines by: J & CG Bolinders Co, Stockholm
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1928: 160561)
History:
1915 The Admiralty, London
06/1920 MS Hilton (as agent)
192X Royal Air Force; renamed X 369
04/09/1928 James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd; registered at London; renamed SPARSHOLT
13/03/1942 Sank
Comments: ‘X’ class lighter
1921: Listed for disposal at Inverkeithing
13/03/1942: Sank at Sheerness while being used as a boom mooring vessel
09/1963: Wreckage cleared by RFA SWIN