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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"X"-type landing lighters

 

X1 1915

     

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
X1   Ropner, Stockton   5/1915 1915 stricken early 1920s?
X2   Ropner, Stockton   6/1915 1915 stricken 1922
X3   Ropner, Stockton   6/1915 1915 tanker 1917
X4   Ropner, Stockton   6/1915 1915 medical barge 1919, later to Spain
X5   Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough   1915 1915 sunk 24/1/1918
X6   Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough   1915 1915 sold 5/1920
X7   Head Wrightson, Middlesbrough   1915 1915 sold 11/1920
X8   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X9   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 ?
X10   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 ?
X11   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 ?
X12   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 to France 1920?
X13   Laing, Sunderland   1915 1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X14   Austin, Sunderland   8/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921, later to Spain
X15   Austin, Sunderland   27/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X16   Austin, Sunderland   2/6/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X17   Austin, Sunderland   10/6/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X18   Austin, Sunderland   15/6/1915 1915 ?
X19   Craig Taylor, Stockton   26/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X20   Craig Taylor, Stockton   26/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X21   Craig Taylor, Stockton   1/5/1915 1915 sold 1950
X22   Craig Taylor, Stockton   4/5/1915 1915 sold 1920
X23   Craig Taylor, Stockton   1/6/1915 1915 sold 1930
X24   Craig Taylor, Stockton   14/6/1915 1915 sold 1920
X25   Craig Taylor, Stockton   2/7/1915 1915 lost ?/?/1919
X26   Craig Taylor, Stockton   2/7/1915 1915 sold 1920
X27   Irvine, Middleton   28/4/1915 1915 ?
X28   Irvine, Middleton   28/4/1915 1915 sold 1922
X29   Irvine, Middleton   28/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X30   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 ?
X31   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 sold 1/1949
X32   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 hospital barge, lost ?/?/1915
X33   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921, landing craft 1941, for disposal 1945
X34   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X35   Irvine, Harbour Dock   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X36   Irvine, Middleton   13/5/1915 1915 sold 1940s
X37   Irvine, Middleton   13/5/1915 1915 sold 1922
X38   Irvine, Middleton   13/5/1915 1915 sold 1927
X39   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X40   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X41   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 ?
X42   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 tanker 1916
X43   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 sold 1921
X44   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 sold 1920
X45   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 sold 1946
X46   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 sold 1920
X47   Osborne Graham, North Hylton   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X48   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   8/5/1915 1915 sold 1921
X49   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   8/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X50   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   8/5/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X51   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   15/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X52   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   15/5/1915 1915 ?
X53   Richardson Duck, Thornaby   15/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X54   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X55   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sunk 9/11/1915
X56   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1921
X57   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1920
X58   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 ?
X59   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X60   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X61   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1922
X62   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X63   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 to RAF 1918 (X368)
X64   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1940s
X65   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1919, landing craft 1941, returned 1946
X66   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1919, landing craft 1941, returned 1945
X67   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 1922
X68   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X69   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 BU 1925
X70   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X71   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 sold 9/1922
X72   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 sold 1921
X73   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X74   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X75   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 tanker 1916
X76   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 // --- completed as tanker
X77   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 // --- completed as tanker
X78   Short, Pallion   1915 1915 // --- completed as tanker
X79   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X80   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1920
X81   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1924
X82   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 for disposal 1921, landing craft 1941, returned 1945
X83   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 wrecked ?/?/1916
X84   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1922
X85   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X86   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1924
X87   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X88   Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X89   Caledon, Dundee   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X90   Caledon, Dundee   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X91   Caledon, Dundee   1915 1915 sold 1920
X92   Caledon, Dundee   1915 1915 sold 1920
X93   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   1915 1915 // --- completed as tanker
X94   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   1915 1915 sold 1920
X95   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   4/1915 1915 wrecked 1/6/1940
X96   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X97   Dundee SB   1915 1915 for disposal 1921, landing craft 1941, returned 1945
X98   Dundee SB   1915 1915 sold 1922
X99   Dobson, Low Walker   1915 1915 ?
X100   Dobson, Low Walker   1915 1915 tanker 1916
X101   Dobson, Low Walker   1915 1915 sold 1920
X102   Dobson, Low Walker   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X103   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1915 1915 torpedo lighter 1940
X104   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X105   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X106   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1915 1915 // --- completed as tanker
X107   Northumberland, Howden   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X108   Northumberland, Howden   1915 1915 sold 1920, later to Spain
X109   Northumberland, Howden   1915 1915 sold 1920, later to Spain
X110   Northumberland, Howden   1915 1915 sunk 24/1/1918
X111   Readhead, South Shields   1915 1915 auxiliary 1925
X112   Readhead, South Shields   1915 1915 sold 1920
X113   Readhead, South Shields   1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X114   Readhead, South Shields   1915 1915 lost ?/?/1919
X115   Tyne Iron Wks, Willington Quay   1/5/1915 1915 ?
X116   Tyne Iron Wks, Willington Quay   13/5/1915 1915 ?
X117   Tyne Iron Wks, Willington Quay   23/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X118   Thompson, North Sands   27/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X119   Thompson, North Sands   3/5/1915 1915 ?
X120   Thompson, North Sands   10/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X121   Thompson, North Sands   18/5/1915 1915 lost ?/?/1915
X122   Thompson, North Sands   14/5/1915 1915 lost ?/?/1915
X123   Thompson, North Sands   21/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X124   Earle, Hull   5/1915 1915 // --- completed as water tanker
X125   Earle, Hull   5/1915 1915 sold 1920s
X126   Earle, Hull   5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X127   Goole SB   1915 1915 // --- completed as water tanker
X128   Goole SB   1915 1915 // --- completed as water carrier
X129   Goole SB   1915 1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X130   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 sunk ?/10/1915
X131   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 sold 1952
X132   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 ?
X133   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 ?
X134   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 cable layer 1940s
X135   Cochrane, Selby   1915 1915 sold 1923
X136   Clelands, Wallsend   1915 1915 sold 1920s
X137   Clelands, Wallsend   1915 1915 sold 1921
X138   Clelands, Wallsend   1915 1915 wrecked 28/2/1918
X139   Doxford, Pallion   17/3/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X140   Doxford, Pallion   31/3/1915 1915 sold 1960
X141   Doxford, Pallion   26/3/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X142   Doxford, Pallion   1/4/1915 1915 ?
X143   Doxford, Pallion   15/4/1915 1915 ?
X144   Doxford, Pallion   28/5/1915 1915 ?
X145   Doxford, Pallion   15/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X146   Doxford, Pallion   28/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X147   Doxford, Pallion   15/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X148   Doxford, Pallion   28/5/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X149   Doxford, Pallion   27/5/1915 1915 sunk 31/5/1940
X150   Doxford, Pallion   28/5/1915 1915 to France 1920
X151   Doxford, Pallion   31/3/1915 1915 sold 1922
X152   Doxford, Pallion   29/6/1915 1915 to RAF 1917 (X370?)
X153   Doxford, Pallion   29/6/1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X154   Teeside Bridge, Middlesbrough   6/1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X155   Teeside Bridge, Middlesbrough   6/1915 1915 to RAF 1917 (X370?)
X156   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 auxiliary 1918
X157   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X158   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X159   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X160   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X161   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 // --- completed as tanker
X162   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 auxiliary 1918?
X163   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 1919?
X164   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 1920s
X165   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X166   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 ?
X167   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 5/1920
X168   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 5/1920
X169   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 1920
X170   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920
X171   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 lost ?/?/1919
X172   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X173   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X174   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 6/1920, later to Spain
X175   Beardmore, Dalmuir   1915 8/1915 sold 1920
X176   Swan Hunter, Low Walker   1915 7/1915 sold 1920s
X177   Swan Hunter, Low Walker   1915 7/1915 auxiliary 1910s?
X178   Swan Hunter, Low Walker   1915 7/1915 transport 1929
X179   George Brown, Greenock   1915 1915 ?
X180   George Brown, Greenock   1915 1915 ?
X181   Blumer, North Dock   13/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X182   Blumer, North Dock   13/5/1915 1915 ?
X183   Blumer, North Dock   28/5/1915 1915 ?
X184   Blumer, North Dock   28/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X185   Blumer, North Dock   2/6/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X186   Caird, Greenock   1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X187   Caird, Greenock   1915 1915 ?
X188   Caird, Greenock   1915 1915 ?
X189   Caird, Greenock   1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X190   Caird, Greenock   1915 1915 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X191   Thompson, Southwick   3/5/1915 1915 ?
X192   Thompson, Southwick   10/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X193   Thompson, Southwick   2/4/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X194   Thompson, Southwick   14/5/1915 1915 ?
X195   Thompson, Southwick   21/5/1915 1915 ?
X196   Thompson, Southwick   13/5/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X197   Ropner, Stockton   30/6/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X198   Ropner, Stockton   30/6/1915 1915 sold 6/1920
X199   Wrightson, Middlesbrough   6/1915 1915 tanker 1916
X200   Wrightson, Middlesbrough   6/1915 1915 for disposal 1921
X201   Ailsa, Troon   1916 1916 sold 1947
X202   Ailsa, Troon   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X203   Bow McLachlan, Paisley   1916 1916 sold 1920, landing craft 1941, returned 1945
X204   Bow McLachlan, Paisley   1916 1916 sold 1923
X205   George Brown, Greenock   1916 1916 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X206   George Brown, Greenock   1916 1916 sold 1940s
X207   Craig Taylor, Stockton   15/6/1916 1916 tanker 1920
X208   Craig Taylor, Stockton   16/6/1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X209   Dobson, Low Walker   1916 1916 sold 1940s
X210   Dobson, Low Walker   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X211   Dobson, Low Walker   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X212   Dobson, Low Walker   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X213   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1916 1916 sunk 31/5/1940
X214   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1916 1916 sold 12/1920
X215   Eltringham, Willington Quay   1916 1916 sold 12/1920
X216   Osbourne Graham, North Hylton   1916 1916 repair barge 1919
X217   Osbourne Graham, North Hylton   1916 1916 sold 1946
X218   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X219   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith   1916 1916 auxiliary 1920s
X220   Simons, Renfrew   9/1916 9/1916 ?
X221   Simons, Renfrew   9/1916 9/1916 sold 5/1920, later to Spain
X222   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1916 1916 for disposal 1921
X223   Sunderland SB, South Dock   1916 1916 auxiliary 1925
X224   Tyne Iron Wks, Willington Quay   15/7/1916 1916 auxiliary 1920s
X225   Tyne Iron Wks, Willington Quay   21/7/1916 1916 sold 1946

 

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
DX1   Craig Taylor, Stockton   19/6/1916 late 1916 sold 1947-48
DX2   Craig Taylor, Stockton   19/6/1916 late 1916 sold 1947-48
DX3   Dobson, Newcastle   1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX4   Dobson, Newcastle   1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX5   Goole SB   1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX6   Goole SB   1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX7   Blyth SB   28/9/1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX8   Blyth SB   28/9/1916 late 1916 sold 1921
DX9   Blyth SB   28/9/1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX10   Blyth SB   28/9/1916 late 1916 sold 1921
DX11   Harkess, Middlesbrough   31/5/1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX12   Harkess, Middlesbrough   31/5/1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX13   Wrightson, Middlesbrough   1916 late 1916 for disposal 1921
DX14   Wrightson, Middlesbrough   1916 late 1916 ?
DX15   Osbourne Graham, Sunderland   1916 late 1916 ?
DX16   Osbourne Graham, Sunderland   1916 late 1916 ?
DX17   Short, Sunderland   5/4/1916 late 1916 ?
DX18   Short, Sunderland   17/5/1916 late 1916 ?
DX19   Short, Sunderland   17/5/1916 late 1916 ?
DX20   Short, Sunderland   22/5/1916 late 1916 ?
DX21   Simons, Renfrew   1916 late 1916 ?
DX22   Simons, Renfrew   1916 late 1916 ?
DX23   Thompson, Sunderland   2/6/1916 late 1916 auxiliary 1921
DX24   Thompson, Sunderland   2/6/1916 late 1916 ?
DX25   Thompson, Sunderland   2/6/1916 late 1916 ?

 

 

 

Displacement normal, t

X1 - 200: 160

X201 - 225, DX1 - 25: 137

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

X1 - 200: 32.2

X201 - 225, DX1 - 25: 29.6

Breadth, m

X1 - 200: 6.40

X201 - 225, DX1 - 25: 6.10

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

X1 - 225: 1

DX1 - 25: none

Machinery

X1 - 225: Bolinder semi-diesel

DX1 - 25: none

Power, h. p.

X1 - 225: 60

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

none
Capacity

500 troops
Complement  

Ship project history: First ever purpose built amphibious ships. Intended for Dardanelles. DX1-type dumb-lighters are to be towed by X-type lighters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Many lighters were transferred to RIM in WWI. Many lighters were sold or used as harbour craft till 1925. 32 units were in service in WWII.

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