List of SR Merchant Navy class locomotives

The SR Merchant Navy class is a type of steam locomotive, designed by Oliver Bulleid, that ran on the British Southern Railway network. All were built at the Southern Railway's Eastleigh Works. The following table sets out the names, numbers and other vital statistics of the locomotives that comprised the class. The 'Merchant Navies' represented a publicity success for the Southern Railway in highlighting the names of Merchant Navy shipping lines that used Southampton Docks, which were served by the Southern Railway. They also constituted a roving memorial to the seamen who fought at sea during the Second World War to keep Britain supplied with food, fuel and other goods.

The shipping lines below are linked to their current or last owners, and take into account the many mergers that occur in the Merchant Marine industry, for example, General Steam Navigation merged with P & O in 1920, and finally disappeared as a separate entity in 1972.

BR No. SR No. Name[1] Built Rebuilt[2] Withdrawn Preserved/location Preservation Status Notes
35001 21C1 Channel Packet February 1941August 1959November 1964 Entered SR service June 1941. Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
35002 21C2 Union Castle June 1941May 1958February 1964 Scrapped at Slag Reduction Co. Ltd., Yorkshire 1964
35003 21C3 Royal Mail September 1941August 1959July 1967 Holder of class speed record (105.88 mph). Last authenticated 100 mph plus on British Railways by a steam locomotive.[3] Scrapped at J Cashmore, Newport 1967
35004 21C4 Cunard White Star October 1941July 1958October 1965 Scrapped at Cohen's/Eastleigh Shed 1966
35005 21C5 Canadian Pacific December 1941May 1959October 1965Mid-Hants Railway Restored on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough and used on main line steam specials. Painted in British Railways Blue livery between 2000 and 2001. Now based at the Mid-Hants Railway. Currently under Overhaul in Eastleigh MPD.
35006 21C6 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. December 1941October 1959August 1964Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Operational.
35007 21C7 Aberdeen Commonwealth June 1942May 1958July 1967 Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
35008 21C8 Orient Line June 1942May 1957July 1967 Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
35009 21C9 Shaw Savill June 1942March 1957July 1964Private Site, Bury Stored awaiting restoration.
35010 21C10 Blue Star July 1942January 1957September 1966Colne Valley Railway Stored
35011 21C11 General Steam Navigation December 1944July 1959February 1966Private Site, Sellindge,
Kent
(at RAF Binbrook until late 2007)		 Under long-term restoration, and back-dating to Original condition. Regarded as the only steam locomotive to bear the word 'steam' in the name; missing central driving wheels and axle.
35012 21C12 United States Lines January 1945February 1957April 1967 Scrapped at J Cashmore, Newport 1967
35013 21C13 Blue Funnel February 1945May 1956July 1967 Originally named Blue Funnel Line, renamed Blue Funnel Certum Pete Finem. Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
35014 21C14 Nederland Line February 1945July 1956March 1967 Scrapped at J Cashmore, Newport 1967
35015 21C15 Rotterdam Lloyd March 1945June 1958February 1964 Scrapped at Slag Reduction Co. Ltd., Yorkshire 1964
35016 21C16 Elders Fyffes March 1945April 1957August 1965 Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
35017 21C17 Belgian Marine April 1945March 1957July 1966 Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1966
35018 21C18 British India Line May 1945February 1956August 1964WCRC Carnforth Under restoration at Carnforth West Coast Railways to mainline standards Originally built with fabricated wheels that were replaced with conventional cast wheels in 1947[4]
35019 21C19 French Line CGT June 1945May 1959September 1965 The only member of the class to have script lettering on the nameplate, as used by French Line. Scrapped at J Cashmore, Newport 1966
35020 21C20 Bibby Line June 1945April 1956February 1965 Scrapped at BR/Eastleigh Works 1965
35021 - New Zealand Line September 1948June 1959August 1965 Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
35022 - Holland America Line October 1948June 1956May 1966Private Site, BuryBoiler overhauled for eventual use by 35027, awaiting restoration to mainline standards
35023 - Holland-Afrika Line November 1948February 1957July 1967 Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
35024 - East Asiatic Company November 1948April 1959January 1965 Scrapped at C. Woodfield and Sons, Newport 1965
35025 - Brocklebank Line November 1948December 1956September 1964Private site at Sellindge, Kent Stored, pending long-term restoration
35026 - Lamport & Holt Line December 1948January 1957March 1967 Scrapped at J Cashmore, Newport 1967
35027 - Port Line December 1948May 1957September 1966Private Site, Bury Under overhaul. (see 35027 Port Line) Being restored to mainline standards, based at Southall
35028 - Clan Line December 1948October 1959July 1967Stewarts Lane, London Operational, main-line certified
35029 - Ellerman Lines February 1949September 1959September 1966National Railway MuseumSectioned Exhibit
35030 - Elder Dempster Lines April 1949April 1958July 1967 Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-902888-43-9
  2. ↑ Derry, Richard (2001). The Book of the Merchant Navy Pacifics. Irwell Press. p. 40. ISBN 1-903266-19-X.
  3. ↑ Streeter, Tony. "The last 'proper' 100... by a doomed locomotive". Steam Railway. Bauer Media (388, 29 April - 26 May 2011). ISSN 0143-7232. OCLC 63292071.
  4. ↑ Derry, Richard (2001). The Book of the Merchant Navy Pacifics. Irwell Press. p. 190. ISBN 1-903266-19-X.

External links

Preserved locomotives
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