List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives
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Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage. Celebrating key British historical figures, the class name was based upon a suggestion by Bishop Eric Treacy.
| BR No. | Name[1][2] | Builder | When built | Withdrawn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70000 | Britannia | Crewe | January 1951 | June 1966 | Preserved. Owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Operated by Locomotive Services Ltd. |
| 70001 | Lord Hurcomb | Crewe | February 1951 | August 1966 | |
| 70002 | Geoffrey Chaucer | Crewe | March 1951 | January 1967 | |
| 70003 | John Bunyan | Crewe | March 1951 | March 1967 | |
| 70004 | William Shakespeare | Crewe | March 1951 | December 1967 | Delivered 29 March 1951. Received special finish for static display at Festival of Britain exhibition at South Bank, London, from 4 May until 30 September of that year.[3] |
| 70005 | John Milton | Crewe | April 1951 | July 1967 | |
| 70006 | Robert Burns | Crewe | April 1951 | May 1967 | |
| 70007 | Coeur-de-Lion | Crewe | April 1951 | June 1965 | First of the Class to be withdrawn. Taken out of service from Crewe Works on 19th June 1965 with cracked frames. |
| 70008 | Black Prince | Crewe | April 1951 | January 1967 | |
| 70009 | Alfred the Great | Crewe | May 1951 | January 1967 | |
| 70010 | Owen Glendower | Crewe | May 1951 | September 1967 | After its original nameplates were stolen, replacement Welsh plates reading Owain Glyndwr were fitted by December 1966.[4] |
| 70011 | Hotspur | Crewe | May 1951 | November 1967 | |
| 70012 | John of Gaunt | Crewe | December 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70013 | Oliver Cromwell | Crewe | May 1951 | August 1968 | Preserved. National Railway Museum collection. Overhauled on the Great Central Railway. Has seen mainline duty. |
| 70014 | Iron Duke | Crewe | June 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70015 | Apollo | Crewe | June 1951 | August 1967 | |
| 70016 | Ariel | Crewe | June 1951 | August 1967 | |
| 70017 | Arrow | Crewe | June 1951 | October 1966 | Withdrawn as a result of damage incurred on 30 July 1966 in a collision with a goods train near Carlisle. |
| 70018 | Flying Dutchman | Crewe | June 1951 | December 1966 | |
| 70019 | Lightning | Crewe | June 1951 | March 1966 | |
| 70020 | Mercury | Crewe | July 1951 | January 1967 | |
| 70021 | Morning Star | Crewe | August 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70022 | Tornado | Crewe | August 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70023 | Venus | Crewe | August 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70024 | Vulcan | Crewe | October 1951 | December 1967 | |
| 70025 | Western Star | Crewe | September 1952 | December 1967 | |
| 70026 | Polar Star | Crewe | October 1952 | January 1967 | Involved in Milton rail crash of 1955, which resulted in 11 fatalities. |
| 70027 | Rising Star | Crewe | October 1952 | July 1967 | |
| 70028 | Royal Star | Crewe | October 1952 | September 1967 | |
| 70029 | Shooting Star | Crewe | November 1952 | October 1967 | |
| 70030 | William Wordsworth | Crewe | November 1952 | June 1966 | |
| 70031 | Byron | Crewe | November 1952 | November 1967 | |
| 70032 | Tennyson | Crewe | December 1952 | September 1967 | Also carried Lord Tennyson nameplates |
| 70033 | Charles Dickens | Crewe | December 1952 | July 1967 | |
| 70034 | Thomas Hardy | Crewe | December 1952 | May 1967 | |
| 70035 | Rudyard Kipling | Crewe | December 1952 | December 1967 | |
| 70036 | Boadicea | Crewe | December 1952 | December 1966 | |
| 70037 | Hereward the Wake | Crewe | December 1952 | November 1966 | |
| 70038 | Robin Hood | Crewe | January 1953 | August 1967 | |
| 70039 | Sir Christopher Wren | Crewe | February 1953 | September 1967 | |
| 70040 | Clive of India | Crewe | March 1953 | April 1967 | |
| 70041 | Sir John Moore | Crewe | March 1953 | April 1967 | |
| 70042 | Lord Roberts | Crewe | April 1953 | March 1967 | |
| 70043 | Lord Kitchener | Crewe | June 1953 | August 1965 | Initially equipped with air brakes, and the compressors fitted in place of the smoke deflectors. |
| 70044 | Earl Haig | Crewe | June 1953 | October 1966 | |
| 70045 | Lord Rowallan | Crewe | June 1954 | December 1967 | |
| 70046 | Anzac | Crewe | June 1954 | July 1967 | |
| 70047 | — | Crewe | June 1954 | July 1967 | Never named |
| 70048 | The Territorial Army 1908–1958 | Crewe | July 1954 | May 1967 | Aluminium nameplate |
| 70049 | Solway Firth | Crewe | July 1954 | December 1967 | |
| 70050 | Firth of Clyde | Crewe | August 1954 | August 1966 | |
| 70051 | Firth of Forth | Crewe | August 1954 | December 1967 | |
| 70052 | Firth of Tay | Crewe | August 1954 | April 1967 | Involved in Settle rail crash of 1960, which resulted in 5 fatalities |
| 70053 | Moray Firth | Crewe | September 1954 | April 1967 | |
| 70054 | Dornoch Firth | Crewe | September 1954 | November 1966 | |
References
- ↑ Burridge, Frank (1975). Nameplates of the Big Four. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-43-9.
- ↑ "Chief Scout names a Britannia". Railway World: 18. 1957.[full citation needed]
- ↑ Weekes, G (1975). BR Standard Britannia Pacifics. Truro: Bradford Barton. Frontispiece. ISBN 0-85153-1954.
- ↑ Gilbert, P.T.; Chancellor, P.J. (1994). Taylor, R.K. (ed.). A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives - Volume One: Background to Standardisation and the Pacific Classes. Lincoln: RCTS. p. 57. ISBN 0-901115-81-9.