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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