Class 42 and 43 Warships 812 and 854 with Class 22 D6318 at Plymouth Laira shed
British Railways Warships 812 &quot;The Royal Naval Reserve 1859-1959&quot; seen next to 854 &quot;Tiger&quot; seen basking in the sunshine at Plymouth Laira depot. Behind can be seen one of the short-lived Class 22s D6318. All these locos had been scrapped by 1973. I believe D6318 already carried blue livery by early 1968.

The <b>British Rail Class 42/43 Warship</b> diesel-hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. It was apparent at that time that the largest centre of expertise on diesel-hydraulic locomotives was in West Germany. The Western Region of British Railways negotiated a licence with German manufacturers to scale down the German Federal Railway's &quot;V200&quot; design to suit the smaller loading gauge of the British network, and to allow British manufacturers to construct the new locomotives. The resultant design bears a close resemblance, both cosmetically and in the engineering employed, to the original V200 design. 

Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, had a maximum tractive effort of 52,400 pounds-force and eventually became British Rail Class 42. Thirty-three others, D833–D865, were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company and became British Railways Class 43. 

The locomotives were allocated to Bristol Bath Road, Plymouth Laira, Newton Abbot and Old Oak Common sheds.

Two Class 42s are preserved, D821 and D832. More info here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_42" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_42</a>

Taken by my older brother, John McKee, in the late 1960s - early 1970s. <b>Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration</b>

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