List of SR Merchant Navy Class locomotives

The SR Merchant Navy class
SR Merchant Navy class
The SR Merchant Navy class , was a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway of the United Kingdom by Oliver Bulleid...

is a type of steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

, designed by Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.- Early life and Great Northern Railway :He was born in Invercargill,...

, that ran on the British Southern Railway

Southern Railway (Great Britain)

The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...

network. All were built at the Southern Railway's Eastleigh Works

Eastleigh Works

Eastleigh Works is a locomotive, carriage and wagon building and repair facility in the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England.-History under the LSWR:...

. 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.

Please note: 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BR No.	SR No.	Name	Built	Rebuilt	Withdrawn	Preserved/location	Preservation Status	Notes
35001	21C1	Channel Packet Southern Railway (Great Britain) The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...

}|||||| || || Entered SR service June 1941. Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
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| 35002 || 21C2 || Union Castle
Union-Castle Line
The Union-Castle Line was a prominent British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line...

|||||||| || || Scrapped at Slag Reduction Co. Ltd., Yorkshire 1964
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| 35003 || 21C3 || Royal Mail |||||||| || ||Holder of class speed record (105.88 mph). Last authenticated 100mph plus on British Railways by a steam locomotive. Scrapped at J Cashmore

John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales...

, Newport 1967
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| 35004 || 21C4 || Cunard White Star
Cunard Line
Cunard Line is a British-American owned shipping company based at Carnival House in Southampton, England and operated by Carnival UK. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic for over a century...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at Cohen's/Eastleigh Shed 1966
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| 35005 || 21C5 || Canadian Pacific
CP Ships
CP Ships was a large Canadian container shipping company, prior to being taken over by Hapag Lloyd in late 2005. CP Ships had its head office in the City of Westminster in London and later in the City Place Gatwick development on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex.The...

||||||||Mid-Hants Railway || Restored on the Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway (preserved)

The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...

at Loughborough and used on main line steam specials. Painted in British Railways Blue livery between 2000 and 2001. Now on the Mid-Hants Railway awaiting overhaul. ||
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| 35006

SR Merchant Navy Class 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.

35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. is a Southern Railway rebuilt Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 steam locomotive. She was built at Eastleigh locomotive works in December 1941 and given the Southern Railway number 21C6...

|| 21C6 || Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O...

||||||||Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway || Advanced stages of restoration||
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| 35007 || 21C7 || Aberdeen Commonwealth |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
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| 35008 || 21C8 || Orient Line |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
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| 35009

SR Merchant Navy Class 35009 Shaw Savill

SR Merchant Navy Class No.35009 Shaw Savill is a 're-built' SR Merchant Navy Class 'Pacific' steam locomotive, named after the Shaw Savill Line, a British merchant shipping company. The locomotive was built at Eastleigh Works in June 1942 in its original air-smoothed form, and given the number 21C9...

|| 21C9 || Shaw Savill ||||||||East Lancashire Railway

East Lancashire Railway

The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...

||In 'ex-Barry' (scrapyard) condition until 2010.
Restoration underway. Expected to be painted in British Railway's Express Passenger Blue liviery (like 35005 in the late 1990's/early 2000's) when complete.
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| 35010 || 21C10 || Blue Star ||||||||Colne Valley Railway

Colne Valley Railway

The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham Station, near Halstead in Essex, England. The railway consists of a mile-long running line, with a fully reconstructed station, signal box and railway yard...

|| Stored ||
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| 35011 || 21C11 || General Steam Navigation
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O...

||||||||Williton,
West Somerset Railway

West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway is a railway line that originally linked and in Somerset, England.It opened in 1862 and was extended from Watchet to by the Minehead Railway in 1874. Although just a single track, improvements were needed in the first half of the twentieth century to accommodate the...

(at RAF Binbrook until late 2007)|| Moved from Williton to Sellindge, Kent arriving 18/12/2008. || Regarded as the only steam locomotive to bear the word 'steam' in the name.
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| 35012 || 21C12 || United States Lines
United States Lines
United States Lines was a transatlantic shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989, and ocean liners until 1969—most famously the SS United States.-1920s:...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at J Cashmore

John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales...

, Newport 1967
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| 35013 || 21C13 || Blue Funnel |||||||| || ||Originally named Blue Funnel Line, renamed Blue Funnel Certum Pete Finem. Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
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| 35014 || 21C14 || Nederland Line |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J Cashmore

John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales...

, Newport 1967
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| 35015 || 21C15 || Rotterdam Lloyd
Nedlloyd
Nedlloyd was a Dutch shipping company, formed in 1970 as the Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie in a merger of several shipping lines:*Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland *Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at Slag Reduction Co. Ltd., Yorkshire 1964
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| 35016 || 21C16 || Elders Fyffes
Fyffes Line
Fyffes Line was the name given to the fleet of passenger-carrying banana boats owned and operated by the UK banana importer Elders & Fyffes Limited.-History:...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
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| 35017 || 21C17 || Belgian Marine |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1966
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| 35018 || 21C18 || British India Line
British-India Steam Navigation Company
British India Steam Navigation Company was formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company. The company had been formed out of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co, a trading partnership of the Scots William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie, to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon. It...

||||||||South Coast Steam, Portland||Stored (Restoration to begin soon at Bury|| Deal expected to be completed by Ian Riley and to be overhauled when 35009 is complete. Expected to be painted in British Railway's Mixed Traffic lined Black Livery (not carried by Merchant Navy's in service) with early BR Crest.
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| 35019 || 21C19 || French Line CGT
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique , typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established during 1861 as an attempt to revive the French merchant marine, the poor state of which was indicated during the Crimean War of 1856...

|||||||| || ||The only member of the class to have script lettering on the nameplate, as used by French Line. Scrapped at J Cashmore

John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales...

, Newport 1966
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| 35020 || 21C20 || Bibby Line
Bibby Line
The Bibby Line is a British company concerned with shipping and marine operations.Its parent company, Bibby Line Group Limited, can be traced back to the shipbroking partnership of Bibby & Hall, which was founded in 1801. It is and always has been based in Liverpool...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at BR/Eastleigh Works 1965
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| 35021 || - || New Zealand Line |||||||| || ||Scrapped at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. 1965
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| 35022 || - || Holland America Line
Holland America Line
The Holland America Line is a cruise shipping company. It was founded in 1873 as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company , a shipping and passenger line. Headquartered in Rotterdam and providing service to the Americas, it became known as Holland America Line...

||||||||Southall, London||Boiler overhauled for eventual use by 35027, future restoration projected ||
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| 35023 || - || Holland-Afrika Line |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
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| 35024 || - || East Asiatic Company
East Asiatic Company
The East Asiatic Company was founded by Hans Niels Andersen in Copenhagen in 1897. Service which would eventually include both passenger and freight lines between the Danish capital, Bangkok and the far east was the initial objective. Routes to include the Baltic and Black Seas were...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at C. Woodfield and Sons, Newport 1965
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| 35025 || - || Brocklebank Line ||||||||Southern Locomotives Ltd. || Moved to SLL site at Sellindge, Kent after removal from GCR
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| 35026 || - || Lamport & Holt Line |||||||| || ||Scrapped at J Cashmore

John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales...

, Newport 1967
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| 35027

SR Merchant Navy Class 35027 Port Line

35027 Port Line was one of a batch of ten SR Merchant Navy Class steam locomotives built by the Southern Region of British Railways between 1948 and 1949....

|| - || Port Line
Port Line
Port Line may refer to:*Port Line - a British Merchant Navy company*SR Merchant Navy Class 35027 Port Line - a preserved British steam locomotive...

||||||||East Lancashire Railway

East Lancashire Railway

|| Under overhaul. (see 35027 Port Line

SR Merchant Navy Class 35027 Port Line

35027 Port Line was one of a batch of ten SR Merchant Navy Class steam locomotives built by the Southern Region of British Railways between 1948 and 1949....

) A return to the mainline is expected and based at Southall
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| 35028

SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line

Clan Line 35028 is a Southern Railway rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 class locomotive. 35028 was built at Eastleigh locomotive works in 1948. After a few weeks running in she was allocated to first to Dover then to Stewarts Lane shed in London where she worked heavy trains on the trunk routes to the...

|| - || Clan Line
Clan Line
The Clan Line was a passenger and cargo shipping company that operated in one incarnation or another from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century.-Foundation and early years:...

||||||||Stewarts Lane, London ||Operational, main-line certified ||
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| 35029 || - || Ellerman Lines
Ellerman Lines
Ellerman Lines was a cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. It was founded in the late nineteenth century, and continued to expand with the acquisition of smaller shipping lines until it became one of the largest shipping...

||||||||National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001...

||Sectioned Exhibit ||
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| 35030 || - || Elder Dempster Lines
Elder Dempster Lines
Elder Dempster Lines was a British shipping company which operated from 1932 to 2000, although its origins stretch back into the mid-19th century.-History:Elder Dempster and Company started trading as the African Steamship Company in 1852...

|||||||| || ||Scrapped at J. Buttigieg, Newport 1968
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Preserved locomotives

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