X 105 1915

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Name:	X 105
Type:	Landing Craft
Launched:	18/05/1915
Completed:	1915
Builder:	JT Eltringham & Co Ltd
Yard:	Willington Quay
Yard Number:	320
Dimensions:	131grt, 101nrt, 105.6 x 21.1 x 7.3ft; (1926: 141grt, 90nrt); (1938: 135grt, 51nrt)
Engines:	Oil engine, 1cyl (13 x 13.5ins), 40nhp; (1939: Oil engine, 3cyl, 110bhp);
	(1964: Oil engine, 2cyl, 150bhp); (1969: Oil engine, 6cyl, 180bhp)
Engines by:	Plenty & Son, Newbury; (1939: Deutz); (1964: Skandia); (1969: Bergius-Kelvin)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 4.0knots; (1969: 8.0knots)
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a; (1926: 149710)

History:
1915	The Admiralty
06/1920	MS Hilton, London
31/05/1926	James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd (REV James, manager), London
31/05/1926	Renamed SWAY
1936	JJ Prior (Transport) Ltd, London
1963	Renamed SIDNEY P
05/1987	Grange Marine Services Ltd, Queenborough, Kent; renamed MARGARET G
12/1987	Lavington International Ltd, Gibraltar (Grange Marine Services Ltd, managers)
19XX	Unknown owner, Gambia
	No later history known

Comments:	1919: Used in the Northern Russia campaign
	1939: Re-engined: 110nhp, 3cyl, Deutz AG, Cologne
	1964: Rebuilt by Smith & Donovan and James Pollock, Sons & Co, Faversham
	1969: Re-engined; 180nhp, 6cyl, Bergius – Kelvin, Glasgow

Above photo as SWAY is copyright of Dave Mallard

Above photo as SIDNEY P is courtesy of Photoship