[1] Coal was brought by coastal colliers from North East England and unloaded by cranes on pontoons on the Thames beside the gasworks.

[1] The colliers were flatirons in order to fit under the Thames bridges upriver from the Pool of London to Wandsworth.

[4] On 29 April 1916 in the North Sea about 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Souter Point near Whitburn, County Durham the U-boat SM UB-27 opened fire on her with its deck gun.

[5] In 1916 John Crown & Sons Ltd of Sunderland built the 1,873 GRT flatiron Lightfoot[6] for the gas company.

[7] On 16 March 1918 Lightfoot was in the English Channel en route from London to Barry when the German submarine SM UB-30 torpedoed and sank her two miles south of the Owers Lightship off Selsey Bill.

In 1949 she passed to the SEGB fleet and in 1958 she was sold to new owners in Ravenna, Italy who converted her into a grain lighter and renamed her Candiano.

In 1949 she passed to the SEGB fleet and in 1958 she was sold to new owners in Ravenna, Italy who converted her into a harbour pontoon and renamed her S Apolinare.

[8][10] She was then towed into South Shields and dry-docked, a new bow was built onto her[10] and on 8 April 1943 she was ready to return to service.

On 31 October 1956 the sea broke through her hatch covers and she sank about 4 nautical miles (7 km) off Blakeney in Norfolk.

[8] In April 1946 Burntisland launched a motor ship, the 1,787 GRT flatiron Mitcham, for the gas company.

In 1974 she was sold again to new owners in Piraeus, Greece and in 1975 she sank in a gale about 30 nautical miles (56 km) southwest of Santorini in the Mediterranean.