Merchant Navy

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BR(S) Steam Locomotive Modelling Notes
Merchant Navy class
Hornby’s Locomotives and their Tenders

Red /Black Nameplates

Following rebuilding Merchant Navy nameplates were black ground (please do let us know if there were exceptions) but in May 1962 a decision was made to use red ground for future nameplate repaints; 35012 being the first.

Number	Name		Hornby Catalogue	Nameplate Base	Nameplate Notes	Tender Crest	Tender correct for
35010	Blue Star		R2710	Red		Late	Dec-64 to Sep-66
35011	General Steam Navigation		R2466	Red		Late	Jul-59 to Apr-67
35012	United States Lines		R1038	Red	May-62 on.	Late	May-62 to Dec-64
35014	Nederland Line		R3566	Black		Early	May-56 to Mar-65
35016	Elders Fyffes		R2310	Red		Late	Apr-57 to Aug-65
35019	French Line CGT		R2528	Black		Late	May-59 to Sep-65
35020	Bibby Line		R2204	Red		Early	Apr-56 to May-61
35021	New Zealand Line		R2300	Red		Late	Jun-59 to Oct-65
35022	Holland-America Line		R2194	Red		Early	Jun-56 to Jun-58
35023	Holland-Afrika Line		R2170 R3130XS	Black Red	To Nov-62? From Nov-62?	Early Late	Feb-57 to Nov-62 Nov-62 to Jul-67
35025	Brocklebank Line		R2267	Black		Early	Dec-56 to Mar-62
35026	Lamport & Holt Line		R2599	Black		Late	Nov-62 to Mar-65
35027	Port Line *¹		R2268	Red		Late	May-57 to Mar-65
35028	Clan Line *²		R2169	Red		Late	Nov-59 to Mar-65 & Oct-65 to wdl
35029	Ellerman Lines		R2294	Red		Late	Incorrect tender
Notes		¹ Electrification flashes (preservation only)* ² Electrification flashes (BR & preservation)*

Tenders as-modelled

The Merchant Navy class were built in three series, the 1^st series (BR numbered 35001 to 35010) with 5000-gallon tenders (which were subsequently rebuilt to 5250-gallon), the 2^nd series (35011 to 35020) had 5100-gallon tenders and the 3^rd series (35021 to 35030) had 6000-gallon tenders. However, during (and after) rebuilding many tenders were swapped between locomotives.

In producing models of the rebuilt Merchant Navy class Hornby only built the 5100-gallon and 6000-gallon tender (both in early and late crest versions) types which narrowed their models to specific dates. However, it is possible to swap these tenders to alter the date of the locomotive and in the case of number 35029 Ellerman Lines, to match it with the correct 5100-gallon tender and not the 6000-gallon tender modelled.

The first table below sets out the possible variations using Hornby’s locomotives and tenders:

Number	Name	Hornby Catalogue	Hornby Tender Type	Hornby Crest	BR(S) Period	Possible Tender swap	Crest	BR(S) Period
35010	Blue Star	R2710	5100-gallon	Late	Dec-64 to Sep-66	None
35011	General Steam Navigation	R2466	5100-gallon	Late	Jul-59 to Apr-67	None
35012	United States Lines	R1038	5100-gallon	Late	May-62 to Dec-64	5100-gallon	Early^#2	Mar-57 to May-62
35014	Nederland Line	R3566	5100-gallon	Early^#1	May-56 to Apr-62	6000-gallon	Late	Mar-65 to Aug-65
35016	Elders Fyffes	R2310	5100-gallon	Late	Apr-57 to Aug-65	None
35019	French Line CGT	R2528	5100-gallon	Late	May-59 to Sep-65	None
35020	Bibby Line	R2204	6000-gallon	Early	Apr-56 to May-61	6000-gallon	Late	May-61 to wdl
35021	New Zealand Line	R2300	6000-gallon	Late	Jun-59 to Oct-65	5100-gallon	Late	Oct-65 to wdl
35022	Holland-America Line	R2194	6000-gallon	Early	Jun-56 to Jun-58	6000-gallon	Late	Jun-58 to wdl
35023	Holland-Afrika Line	R2170 R3130XS	6000-gallon 6000-gallon	Early Late	Feb-57 to Nov-62 Nov-62 to Jul-67	6000-gallon 6000-gallon	Late Early	Nov-62 to wdl Feb-57 to Nov-62
35025	Brocklebank Line	R2267	6000-gallon	Early	Dec-56 to Mar-62	6000g /late	Late	Mar-62 to wdl
35026	Lamport & Holt Line	R2599	6000-gallon	Late	Nov-62 to Mar-65	5100-gallon	Early^#2	Feb-57 to Nov-62
35027	Port Line	R2268	6000-gallon	Late	May-57 to Mar-65	5100-gallon	Late	Mar-65 to wdl
35028	Clan Line	R2169	6000-gallon	Late	Nov-59 to Mar-65 & Oct-65 to wdl	5100-gallon	Late	Mar-65 to Oct-65
35029	Ellerman Lines	R2294	6000-gallon	Late	Incorrect tender	5100-gallon	Late	Sep-59 to Oct-65
Notes				Late^#1	Apr-62 to Mar-65		Early^#2	Crest change required

Swapping Hornby Tenders

In terms of those rebuilt Merchant Navy locomotives not produced by Hornby this second table sets out those locomotives that could be modelled using the Hornby 5100-gallon /6000-gallon tenders:

Number	Name	Notes
35001	Channel Packet	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender Mar-65 (late crest) until withdrawal
35002	Union Castle	Only ever ran with 5000 /5250-gallon tenders
35003	Royal Mail	Only ever ran with 5000 /5250-gallon tenders
35004	Cunard White Star	Ran with a 5100-gallon tender Oct-65 (late crest) to withdrawal
35005	Canadian Pacific	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender Aug/Oct-65 (late crest) until withdrawal
35006	Peninsular & Oriental SN Co	Only ever ran with 5000 /5250-gallon tenders
35007	Aberdeen Commonwealth	Ran with a 5100-gallon tender Sep-66 (late crest) until withdrawal
35008	Orient Line	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender Feb-62 to Oct-64 (late crest)
35009	Shaw Savill	Only ever ran with 5000 /5250-gallon tenders
35010	Blue Star	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35011	General Steam Navigation	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35012	United States Lines	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35013	Blue Funnel	Ran with a 5100-gallon tender May-56 (early and late crests) until withdrawal
35014	Nederland Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35015	Rotterdam LLoyd	Ran with a 5100-gallon tender Jun-58 (late crest) until withdrawal
35016	Elders Fyffes	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35017	Belgian Marine	Ran with a 5100-gallon tender Jun-58 (late crest) until Sep-66
35018	British India Line	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender (early and late crests) Feb-56 to Dec-61
35019	French Line CGT	Modelled by Hornby with a 5100-gallon tender
35020	Bibby Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35021	New Zealand Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35022	Holland-America Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35023	Holland-Afrika Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35024	East Asiatic Company	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender (late crest) May-59 to withdrawal
35025	Brocklebank Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35026	Lamport & Holt Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35027	Port Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35028	Clan Line	Modelled by Hornby with a 6000-gallon tender
35029	Ellerman Lines	Modelled by Hornby (but incorrectly with 6000-gallon tender)
35030	Elder-Dempster Lines	Ran with a 6000-gallon tender (late crest) Apr-58 to withdrawal

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