List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives

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BR No.	Name^[1]^[2]	Builder	When built	Withdrawn	Notes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	000000001951-01-01-0000January 1951	000000001966-06-01-0000June 1966	Owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Operated by Locomotive Services Ltd.
70001	Lord Hurcomb	Crewe	000000001951-02-01-0000February 1951	000000001966-08-01-0000August 1966
70002	Geoffrey Chaucer	Crewe	000000001951-03-01-0000March 1951	000000001967-01-01-0000January 1967
70003	John Bunyan	Crewe	000000001951-03-01-0000March 1951	000000001967-03-01-0000March 1967
70004	William Shakespeare	Crewe	000000001951-03-01-0000March 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 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	000000001951-04-01-0000April 1951	000000001967-07-01-0000July 1967
70006	Robert Burns	Crewe	000000001951-04-01-0000April 1951	000000001967-05-01-0000May 1967
70007	Coeur-de-Lion	Crewe	000000001951-04-01-0000April 1951	000000001965-06-01-0000June 1965
70008	Black Prince	Crewe	000000001951-04-01-0000April 1951	000000001967-01-01-0000January 1967
70009	Alfred the Great	Crewe	000000001951-05-01-0000May 1951	000000001967-01-01-0000January 1967
70010	Owen Glendower	Crewe	000000001951-05-01-0000May 1951	000000001967-09-01-0000September 1967
70011	Hotspur	Crewe	000000001951-05-01-0000May 1951	000000001967-11-01-0000November 1967
70012	John of Gaunt	Crewe	000000001951-12-01-0000December 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70013	Oliver Cromwell	Crewe	000000001951-05-01-0000May 1951	000000001968-08-01-0000August 1968	Preserved, National Railway Museum. Overhauled on the Great Central Railway (preserved) and now seeing mainline duty, including Scarborough Spa Express in 2008
70014	Iron Duke	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70015	Apollo	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001967-08-01-0000August 1967
70016	Ariel	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001967-08-01-0000August 1967
70017	Arrow	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001966-10-01-0000October 1966
70018	Flying Dutchman	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001966-12-01-0000December 1966
70019	Lightning	Crewe	000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951	000000001966-03-01-0000March 1966
70020	Mercury	Crewe	000000001951-07-01-0000July 1951	000000001967-01-01-0000January 1967
70021	Morning Star	Crewe	000000001951-08-01-0000August 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70022	Tornado	Crewe	000000001951-08-01-0000August 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70023	Venus	Crewe	000000001951-08-01-0000August 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70024	Vulcan	Crewe	000000001951-10-01-0000October 1951	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70025	Western Star	Crewe	000000001952-09-01-0000September 1952	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70026	Polar Star	Crewe	000000001952-10-01-0000October 1952	000000001967-01-01-0000January 1967	Involved in Milton rail crash of 1955, which resulted in 11 fatalities
70027	Rising Star	Crewe	000000001952-10-01-0000October 1952	000000001967-07-01-0000July 1967
70028	Royal Star	Crewe	000000001952-10-01-0000October 1952	000000001967-09-01-0000September 1967
70029	Shooting Star	Crewe	000000001952-11-01-0000November 1952	000000001967-10-01-0000October 1967
70030	William Wordsworth	Crewe	000000001952-11-01-0000November 1952	000000001966-06-01-0000June 1966
70031	Byron	Crewe	000000001952-11-01-0000November 1952	000000001967-11-01-0000November 1967
70032	Tennyson	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001967-09-01-0000September 1967	Also carried Lord Tennyson nameplates
70033	Charles Dickens	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001967-07-01-0000July 1967
70034	Thomas Hardy	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001967-05-01-0000May 1967
70035	Rudyard Kipling	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70036	Boadicea	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001966-12-01-0000December 1966
70037	Hereward the Wake	Crewe	000000001952-12-01-0000December 1952	000000001966-11-01-0000November 1966
70038	Robin Hood	Crewe	000000001953-01-01-0000January 1953	000000001967-08-01-0000August 1967
70039	Sir Christopher Wren	Crewe	000000001953-02-01-0000February 1953	000000001967-09-01-0000September 1967
70040	Clive of India	Crewe	000000001953-03-01-0000March 1953	000000001967-04-01-0000April 1967
70041	Sir John Moore	Crewe	000000001953-03-01-0000March 1953	000000001967-04-01-0000April 1967
70042	Lord Roberts	Crewe	000000001953-04-01-0000April 1953	000000001967-03-01-0000March 1967
70043	Lord Kitchener	Crewe	000000001953-06-01-0000June 1953	000000001965-08-01-0000August 1965
70044	Earl Haig	Crewe	000000001953-06-01-0000June 1953	000000001966-10-01-0000October 1966
70045	Lord Rowallan	Crewe	000000001954-06-01-0000June 1954	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70046	Anzac	Crewe	000000001954-06-01-0000June 1954	000000001967-07-01-0000July 1967
70047	—	Crewe	000000001954-06-01-0000June 1954	000000001967-07-01-0000July 1967	Never named
70048	The Territorial Army 1908-1958	Crewe	000000001954-07-01-0000July 1954	000000001967-05-01-0000May 1967	Aluminium nameplate
70049	Solway Firth	Crewe	000000001954-07-01-0000July 1954	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70050	Firth of Clyde	Crewe	000000001954-08-01-0000August 1954	000000001966-08-01-0000August 1966
70051	Firth of Forth	Crewe	000000001954-08-01-0000August 1954	000000001967-12-01-0000December 1967
70052	Firth of Tay	Crewe	000000001954-08-01-0000August 1954	000000001967-04-01-0000April 1967	Involved in Settle rail crash of 1960, which resulted in 5 fatalities
70053	Moray Firth	Crewe	000000001954-09-01-0000September 1954	000000001967-04-01-0000April 1967
70054	Dornoch Firth	Crewe	000000001954-09-01-0000September 1954	000000001966-11-01-0000November 1966

Preserved 7MT 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the Ely-Norwich line near Hethersett on 11 March 2010.

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.
↑ Weekes, G (1975). BR Standard Britannia Pacifics. Truro: Bradford Barton. Frontispiece. ISBN 0-85153-1954.

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