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X130, built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby in 1915 and owned at the time of her loss by the Royal Navy, was a British barge of 160 tons. On October 5th, 1915, X-130, while being towed by S/S Burrsfield from Barry & Malta to the Dardanelles beachhead, was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-33 (Konrad Gansser), 70 miles west of Cape Matapan (Greece).
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References
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Barge X130 – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7642.html (accessed 14.10.21).
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WRECKSITE – X-130 LCI (LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY) 1915-1915 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?177409 (accessed 14.10.21).
