L. Gardner and Sons
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L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s.
Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester
The Gardner engine of X24
A Sectioned 6LW of 1961 at the Anson Engine Museum from a Bristol Commercial Vehicles bus.
X-class submarine
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The X class was a World War II midget submarine class built for the Royal Navy during 1943–44. It was substantially larger than the original Chariot manned torpedo.
X24 on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire
X25 underway
A hand-held, hydraulically powered, net cutter of the type used by X boat divers to cut through torpedo nets protecting harbours
The engine of X24