D800 "WARSHIP" CLASSES 42 AND 43

 

DETAILS

Number built 71 Length over buffers 60 feet
Numbers carried D800 - D870 Weight 79 tons
British Railways classification Class 42, Class 43 Maximum power 2112 - 2270 hp
British Railways power classification Type 4 Maximum tractive effort 52 400 - 53 400 lb
Dates in traffic 1958 - 1972 Maximum speed 90 mph
Liveries carried B.R. green, B.R. maroon, B.R. blue Examples preserved Two class 42s

Interesting fact -

The original plan was for D812 to be named "Dispatch".  Swindon Works did cast nameplates for this name but these were never carried by the locomotive.

 NAMES

CLASS 42 -

 

D800 SIR BRIAN ROBERTSON

D801 VANGUARD

D802 FORMIDABLE

D803 ALBION

D804 AVENGER

D805 BENBOW

D806 CAMBRIAN

D807 CARADOC

D808 CENTAUR

D809 CHAMPION

D810 COCKADE

D811 DARING

D812 THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE 1859 - 1959

D813 DIADEM

D814 DRAGON

D815 DRUID

D816 ECLIPSE

D817 FOXHOUND

D818 GLORY

D819 GOLIATH

D820 GRENVILLE

D821 GREYHOUND

D822 HERCULES

D823 HERMES

D824 HIGHFLYER

D825 INTREPID

D826 JUPITER

D827 KELLY

D828 MAGNIFICENT

D829 MAGPIE

D830 MAJESTIC

D831 MONARCH

D832 ONSLAUGHT

 

D866 ZEBRA

D867 ZENITH

D868 ZEPHYR

D869 ZEST

D870 ZULU

CLASS 43 -

 

D833 PANTHER

D834 PATHFINDER

D835 PEGASUS

D836 POWERFUL

D837 RAMILLIES

D838 RAPID

D839 RELENTLESS

D840 RESISTANCE

D841 ROEBUCK

D842 ROYAL OAK

D843 SHARPSHOOTER

D844 SPARTAN

D845 SPRIGHTLY

D846 STEADFAST

D847 STRONGBOW

D848 SULTAN

D849 SUPERB

D850 SWIFT

D851 TEMERAIRE

D852 TENACIOUS

D853 THRUSTER

D854 TIGER

D855 TRIUMPH

D856 TROJAN

D857 UNDAUNTED

D858 VALOROUS

D859 VANQUISHER

D860 VICTORIOUS

D861 VIGILANT

D862 VIKING

D863 WARRIOR

D864 ZAMBESI

D865 ZEALOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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