Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia

Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia
Cape Copper Company 0-4-2T Britannia, c. 1905
Specifications
Power type	Steam
Designer	Dick, Kerr & Company
Builder	Dick, Kerr & Company
Build date	1905
Configuration	0-4-2T
Gauge	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Locomotive weight	11 or 12 long tons (11 or 12 t) w/o
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	8 in (203 mm) bore 11 in (279 mm) stroke
Career
Operator(s)	Cape Copper Company South African Copper Company O'okiep Copper Company
Number in class	1
Number	13
Official name	Britannia
Delivered	May 1905
First run	1905 [1]

The Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia of 1905 is a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape Colony.

In 1905 a single 0-4-2 tank locomotive was placed in service by the Cape Copper Company as a shunting engine at Port Nolloth in the Cape Colony.^[1]

Namaqualand Railway

The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining Company, restructured as the Cape Copper Company in 1888. The line from Port Nolloth on the West Coast to the copper mines around O'okiep was initially exclusively mule-powered, but in 1871 the first steam locomotives named John King and Miner were acquired by the mining company. They were followed between 1886 and 1888 by three 0-4-0WT condensing locomotives and between 1890 and 1904 by eight 0-6-2 Clara Class and Scotia Class Mountain type tender locomotives. A single 0-4-2IST locomotive named Caledonia entered shunting service in 1904.^[1]

The Britannia

In 1905 a single 0-4-2 tank locomotive named Britannia was acquired from Dick, Kerr & Company of Kilmarnock in Scotland as an additional shunting locomotive. Apart from being named, it was also numbered 13 on the Cape Copper Company locomotive roster. The locomotive was landed at Port Nolloth in May 1905 and was placed in shunting service at the port.^[1]

Like the shunting locomotive Caledonia from the same builder, the locomotive had a balloon chimney. In addition it was equipped with sheet-metal casing below the running boards to protect the motion and bearings from wind-blown sand. The encasement was hinged to allow easy access to the motion.^[1]

At some stage during its career the balloon chimney was replaced with a stovepipe chimney and the casing covering the wheels and motion was removed. The two photographs below show the locomotive in this modified form.

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  Britannia on the Namaqua Copper Company branchline between Braakpits Junction and Concordia

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  Britannia with its number 13 barely visible on the side tank, c. 1938

See also

• Namaqualand 0-4-2IST Caledonia
• The 0-4-2 wheel arrangement
• List of South African locomotive classes

References

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