Class 43 Warship Profile

North British Warship Type 4

Introduced in July 1960, this fleet of Warship locos were based on the German V200 diesel-hydraulic design. Built by the North British Locomotive Company, concurrent with Swindon building the Class 42 Warship, they differed by having different power and transmission units. Used on the Western Region, West of England lines, all were named after naval ships or establishments. Due to British Railway's policy to standardise on Diesel Electric locomotives, they were declared 'non-standard' and all were withdrawn from service by the end of October 1971, some only having a working life of 7 years. The first locos withdrawn in March 1969 were D848 and D863. All were cut up by the end of August 1972.

BUILT: 1960-62 by the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow.

ENGINE: Qty 2 MAN L12V12/21B 2,200hp.

NUMBER SERIES: D833-D865.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: Nil.

TRANSMISSION:

MAX SPEED: 90mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 49,030lb.

WEIGHT: 79 tonnes.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: B-B.

QTY BUILT : 33
FLEET STRENGTH: NIL (All Withdrawn - None Preserved)

Data taken from the PC TOPS Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 


  NUMBER   NAME                             DATE NAMED

  D 833    Panther                          16/07/1960
  D 834    Pathfinder                       30/07/1960
  D 835    Pegasus                          13/08/1960
  D 836    Powerful                         10/09/1960
  D 837    Ramilles                         05/11/1960
  D 838    Rapid                            07/10/1960
  D 839    Relentless                       03/12/1960
  D 840    Resistance                       25/02/1961
  D 841    Roebuck                          31/12/1960
  D 842    Royal Oak                        31/12/1960
  D 843    Sharpshooter                     28/01/1961
  D 844    Spartan                          25/03/1961
  D 845    Sprightly                        22/04/1962
  D 846    Steadfast                        22/04/1962
  D 847    Strongbow                        22/04/1962
  D 848    Sultan                           22/04/1962
  D 849    Superb                           20/05/1961
  D 850    Swift                            17/06/1961
  D 851    Temeraire                        15/07/1961
  D 852    Tenacious                        15/07/1961
  D 853    Thruster                         12/08/1961
  D 854    Tiger                            09/09/1961
  D 855    Triumph                          07/10/1961
  D 856    Trojan                           07/10/1961
  D 857    Undaunted                        30/12/1961
  D 858    Valorous                         30/12/1961
  D 859    Vanquisher                       27/01/1962
  D 860    Victorious                       27/01/1962
  D 861    Viligent                         24/02/1962
  D 862    Viking                           24/03/1962
  D 863    Warrior                          21/04/1962
  D 864    Zambesi                          19/05/1962
  D 865    Zealous                          14/07/1962
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Class 43 Number D859 Vanquisher in British Railways Green Livery

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Last revised: 20 October 1998