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British Railways operated a number of ships from its formation in 1948 on a variety of routes. Many ships were acquired on nationalisation, and others were built for operation by British Railways or its later subsidiary, Sealink .
Ships that sailed for British Rail from 1948 to 1997. for the rail company predecessors before 1948 see sub categories of Category:Ships by company some were operated by the British Transport Commission up to 1962 (when the BTC was abolished) from 1982 many were operated by Sealink (BR subsidiary)
The British Rail Class 99 were a fleet of train ferries, most of which were owned by Sealink, that carried rail vehicles between Britain and mainland Europe. When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, these ships were incorporated into the system in order to circumvent some of the restrictions of the ...
Along with her sister ships the TSS Duke of Rothesay and the TSS Duke of Argyll, she was amongst the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways (at that time, also a ferry operator). [2] She was a replacement for the 1928 steamer, Duke of Lancaster , built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway .
On 1 January 1963 ownership of Invicta passed to the British Railways Board after the dissolution of the British Transport Commission. [2] On 26 April 1963 Invicta was the first ship to pass through the western entrance of Dover Harbour after the removal of Second World War blockships. [2]
Ordered by the LMS, but by the time she arrived, the LMS had been incorporated into the British Transport Commission. Sold to Greece in 1976 becoming the Express Apollon: 4,973 Hampton Ferry: LMS: 1934: Dover-Dunkirk, Stranraer-Larne Owned by Southern Railway, requisitioned as HMS Hampton 1939. Used on Stranraer-Larne route 1940–44.
In March 1953 she rescued 29 men from the Swedish ship Rigel (3,823 tons) which sank after a collision with an Italian vessel Senegal (1,650 tons) some 60 miles from Ostend. [3] Initially she was a single class vessel but was converted for first and second classes in 1954. She was taken over by the British Railways in 1948.
British Railways, embarrassed, offered the would-be owners their choice of the remaining Warships (D810, D812, D821 and D832) for the same price. D821 was chosen as it was in the best mechanical condition and thus became the first preserved ex-BR main line diesel locomotive.