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Name: X 112
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 14/04/1915
Completed: 1915
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 130grt, 53nrt, 105.5 x 21.1 x 7.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2cyl, ‘hot bulb’
Engines by: J & CG Bolinders Co, Stockholm
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1921: 143709)
History:
1915 The Admiralty, London
1920 Captain Joseph Green
24/01/1921 Registered at Liverpool; renamed DELA
by 1923 Kyle Transport Co Ltd, Liverpool
by 1924 Abel Ballast & Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool
1924 Registered at Lancaster
by 1925 Robert Gardner, Lancaster
18/05/1936 Wrecked
Comments: ‘X’ Class lighter
1919: Recorded in service in Northern Russia
18/05/1936: Wrecked