Name: | X 214 |
Type: | Landing Craft |
Launched: | 1916 |
Completed: | 1916 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 325 |
Dimensions: | 119grt, 61nrt, 98.0 x 20.1 x 7.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2cyl (12 x 12.25ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury (Kromhout design) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1921: 145890) |
History: | |
1916 | Admiralty |
12/1920 | Captain Joseph Green, London |
1921 | Kyle Transport Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed BARRETT |
1923 | John Summers & Sons Ltd, Shotton, North Wales |
1931 | John Carter (Poole) Ltd, Poole |
1932 | Renamed ARRIPAY |
1935 | JJ Prior (Transport) Ltd, London |
30/01/1948 | Sank |
Comments: | 1931: Re-engined: 2 x 2cyl, 2SCSA (built 1923), J & CG Bolinders, Stockholm |
1941: Re-engined: 2 x 3cyl, Atlantic Engine Co, Wishaw, Lanarkshire | |
30/01/1948: Sank after being abandoned off Walton on the Naze | |
On a voyage from Fingrinhoe to London with a cargo of sand & gravel |