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Name: X 215
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 1916
Completed: 1916
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 326
Dimensions: 119grt, 61nrt, 98.0 x 20.1 x 7.4ft
Engines: oil engine, 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: (1922: 145932)
History:
1916 Admiralty
12/1920 Captain Joseph Green, London
1922 Renamed DYSERTH
19XX Renamed A H C
1934 R Gardner, Lancaster; renamed RIVER LOYNE
12/1948 Sank
Comments: 1923: Lengthened to 118.1ft (153grt, 76nrt)
1934: Re-engined with 4cyl, 2SCSA by D Goedkoop Jnr, Amsterdam
1939: Requisitioned for Admiralty service and based at Scapa Flow
Pre1945: Returned to owners
12/1948: Sank in the Menia Straits, North Wales