HEAD WRIGHTSON

Thornaby-on-Tees

The company was founded at Stockton as Head Ashby in 1840,

and was renamed Head Wrightson in 1864 after Thomas Wrightson joined it from the Elswick works of William Armstrong.

In 1915 this major engineering company contracted to build 5 of the 'X' lighters for naval use,

3 were powered and 2 were dumb craft. They were an early form of landing craft.

1915 X.5
  X.6
  X.7
  DX.13
  DX.14

 

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