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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Southern Railway (1931) 455 m/e 03/1925
British Railways 30455 m/e 05/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1925 SIR LAUNCELOT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Urie / R. Maunsell
Class King Arthur
Company History LSWR/SR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 03/1925
Withdrawal w/e Sat 18/04/1959
Service Life 34 yrs, 1 mth , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1925
SAL   Salisbury on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
SAL   Salisbury 3w/e 28/05/1949
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 08/12/1950
72A   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 20/03/1951
70B   Feltham 4w/e 11/04/1951
72B   Salisbury 4w/e 12/05/1951
70A   Nine Elms 9w/e 30/06/1952
70D   Basingstoke 7w/e 08/10/1957
     Withdrawn w/e 18/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SAL Salisbury 3w/e 28/05/1949
TOSTORE   3w/e 30/11/1950
REINS 72A Exmouth Junction 6w/e 14/03/1951
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/04/1951
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms m/e 30/06/1952
TOSTORE UNK   10w/e 07/10/1952
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 08/01/1953
REINS 70A Nine Elms 3w/e 27/03/1953
TOSTORE 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 13/05/1954
REINS 70A Nine Elms 6w/e 22/06/1954
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke q/e 08/10/1957
WDN   w/e 18/04/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/08/1958 Urie \"N15\" Class The only engine of the class to have a large type Maunsell chimney was No. E742, this being replaced in 1925 by a King Arthur chimney. No. E743 was one of the first to receive the latter type mentioned. A larger variety of stove-pipe chimney with louvres was fitted to No. E755 in 1925. Tender numbering was commenced in 1927. Under the auspices of British Railways, numbers 747/50 figured in the initial B.R. regional prefix scheme whereby they became Nos. S747 and S750 in January, 1948. M.B. It will be observed from the illustration on page 244, that No. 30740 had acquired a six-wheel tender for the purpose of the 'staged' derailment. The large eight-wheel outside frames bogie tenders originally supplied to the class were removed upon withdrawal of the engines and have since replaced older and six-wheel tenders on other engines. A few of the engines which have received these tenders of late are: Nos. 30450/3/4/5/88, 30505/6/10, 30785/95, an 30802. SLS/195810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1925 To Service To service as Southern Railway Number 455, name: SIR LAUNCELOT
Built at Eastleigh Works
   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Salisbury (SAL)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 30455    
28/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (SAL)    
08/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
20/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
11/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (70B)    
12/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (72B)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
18/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 30455    
05/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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