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Name: X 225
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 21/07/1916
Completed: 1916
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 209
Dimensions: 121grt, 72nrt, 97.5 x 20.4 x 7.3ft
Engines: 2cyl, ‘hot bulb’, oil engine
Engines by: J & CG Bolinders Co, Stockholm
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1916 The Admiralty, London
No later history known
Comments: 1919: Operated as a repair barge in Northern Russia, designated RB 2
1919: At Portsmouth as X 225