Below is a list of SR Lord Nelson class locomotives. They were named after famous admirals, in recognition of the fact that the Southern Railway served the Royal Navy bases at Portsmouth and Plymouth.Elliot, Sir John: On and Off the Rails (George Allen & Unwin: London, 1982)
SR No. BR No. Namesake Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) Builder Built Withdrawn Notes Image 850 30850 Lord Nelson Eastleigh Works Preserved by the National Railway Museum. Currently stored on the Mid Hants Railway due to expiration of boiler ticket in 2015. 851 30851 Sir Francis Drake Eastleigh Works 852 30852 Sir Walter Raleigh Eastleigh Works 853 30853 Sir Richard Grenville Eastleigh Works 854 30854 Howard of Effingham Eastleigh Works 855 30855 Robert Blake Eastleigh Works 856 30856 Lord St Vincent Eastleigh Works 857 30857 Lord Howe Eastleigh Works 858 30858 Lord Duncan Eastleigh Works First one withdrawn from service. 859 30859 Lord Hood Eastleigh Works 860 30860 Lord Hawke Eastleigh Works 861 30861 Lord Anson Eastleigh Works 862 30862 Lord Collingwood Eastleigh Works Last one withdrawn from service. 863 30863 Lord Rodney Eastleigh Works 864 30864 Sir Martin Frobisher Eastleigh Works 865 30865 Sir John Hawkins Eastleigh Works
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