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 |