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Name: X 108
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 04/05/1915
Completed: 1915
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 233
Dimensions: 131grt, 101nrt, 105.6 x 21.2 x 7.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2cyl, 'hot bulb', 40bhp
Engines by: J & CG Bolinders Company, Stockholm
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1921: 143708)
History:
1915 The Admiralty, London; also designated as K 6
1920 Captain Joseph Green
1921 Registered at Liverpool; renamed DORIT
by 1923 Kyle Transport Co Ltd, Liverpool
by 1924 Abel Ballast & Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool
by 1926 Robert Gardner, Lancaster
by 1928 Government of Spain
No later history known
Comments: 1919: In service in Northern Russia
1923: In use as a hopper barge
1928: Spanish Naval Service in series K 1 to K 26