Ministry of Defence

The **Ministry of Defence** (**MoD**) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

The MoD was formed from the **War Department,** joining the; Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines and Royal Navy together 'under one roof'.

The MoD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the MoD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat; rather, it has identified weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and failed and failing states as the overriding threats to Britain's interests. The MoD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement.

## Locomotives

Due to the nature of activities, the **War Department** and later the **MoD**, used railways to transport things such as troops and supplies across there sites, with there central training base at the *Longmoor Military Railway*. Examples include: (For manufacturers see links.)

* **Army Railway Organisation, Shoeburyness** (W/Nos. 3791 and 3792 of 1953, 5062 of 1962)
* **British Army of the Rhine** (W/No. 510 of 1966)
* **Central Ordnance Depot, Bicester** (W/No. 319V of 1987, W/No. 324V of 1987, W/No. 333V of 1988 W/No. 3168 of 1944, W/No. 3183 of 1944, W/No. 3791 of 1953, W/No. 3794 of 1953, W/No. 3798 of 1953, W/No. 3825 of 1954)
* **Feltham Ordnance Depot**(W/No. 2067 of 1940)
* **General Stores Sub-Depot, Steventon** (W/No. 3798 of 1953)
* **HQ Engineer Resources, Long Marston** (W/Nos. 3791 and 3792 of 1953, W/No. 3798 of 1953, W/No. 7086 of 1943)
* **Central Vehical Depot, Lugershall** (W/No. 275V of 1978*,*W/No. 301V of 1982, W/No. 27646 of 1959)
* **HM Queensferry gunpowder factory** (W/No. 1477 of 1916)
* **HMNB Chatham** (W/No. 2199 of 1945, W/No. 6994 of 1927, W/No. 7042 of 1941)
* **HMNB Devonport** (No. 19 of 1950, W/No. 2221 of 1946, No. RTU1, No. RTU2)
* **HMNB** **Portsmouth** (W/No. 3901 of 1959, W/No. 4262 of 1952)
* **Longmoor Military Railway** (W/No. 1204 of 1910, W/No. 1782 of 1945, W/No. 2587 of 1938, W/No. 2877 of 1943, W/Nos. 2878 and 2879 of 1911, W/Nos. 2890 and 2891 of 1943, W/No. 3027 of 1945, W/No. 3088 of 1914,W/No. 3531 of 1922, W/No. 3791 and 3792 of 1953, W/No. 3794 of 1953, W/No. 3796 of 1953, W/No. 5272 of 1945, W/No. 5280 of 1945, W/No. 7115 of 1943, W/No. 7205 of 1945, W/No. 7207 of 1945, W/No. 22912 of 1940, W/No. 25205 of 1943, W/No. 25437 of 1943, W/No. 25643 of 1945, W/No. 459519 of 1961, W/No. 468041 of 1962)
* **Lydd Gun Ranges** (W/No. 7011 of 1971)
* **Marchwood Military Railway** (W/No. 272V - 274V of 1977, W/No. 298V - 303V of 1981, W/No. 310V of 1984, W/No. 3792 of 1953)
* **MoD Bishopton** (W/No. 8969 of 1980)
* **MoD Kineton** (W/No. 307V of 1983, 318V of 1987)
* **MoD Longtown**(W/No. 320V of 1987, W/No. 323V of 1988, W/No. 332V of 1988)
* **MoD Shoeburyness** (W/No. 306V of 1983)
* **Royal Air Force Chilmark** (W/No. 193987 of 1939)
* **Royal Air Force Manby** (W/No. 664 - 668 of 1984)
* **Royal Air Service Constructional Corps** (W/No. 461 of 1873, W/No. 757 of 1903, W/No. 994 of 1886, W/No. 1547 of 1901)
* **Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnbrough** (W/No. 3135 of 1915)
* **Royal Corps of Transport Institution** (W/No. 3792 of 1953)
* **Royal Navel Air Station Kingsnorth (**W/No. 1398 of 1915)
* **Royal Navel Armament Depot, Bedenham** (W/No. 2168 of 1942, W/No. 2168 of 1942, W/No. 3721 of 1977, W/No. 3130 of 1944, W/No. 3396 of 1946, W/No. 3731 of 1977, W/Nos. 9045 and 9046 of 1980, W/No. 9054 of 1980, W/No. 414300 of 1957)
* **Royal Navel Armament Depot, Dean Hill** (W/No. 6652 of 1965)
* **Royal Naval Armament Depot, Trecwn** (W/No. 2389 of 1941)
* **Royal Ordanance Factory, Birtley**(W/No. 130C of 1963)
* **Royal Ordanance Factory, Bishopton**(W/No. 2181 of 1945)
* **Royal Ordanance Factory, Salwick** (W/No. 2003 of 1941)
* **Royal Ordanance Factory, Springfields** (W/No. D628 and D629 of 1953/4)
* **Royal Ordnance Factory, Swynnerton** (W/No. 2003 of 1941)
* **War Department, Donnington**(W/No. 2067 of 1940)
* **War Department Light Railways** (W/No. 1381 of 1918)
* **War Department Proof and Experimental Establishment** (W/No. 1742 of 1946)

Misalliances Locos

* + W/No. 2047 of 1934
	+ W/No. 2181 of 1945
	+ W/No. 10143 of 1963
	+ W/No. 70043 of 1941
	+ (W/No. K4428 of 1929)

British Railways Classes Used:

No. 13000

D3/6 Class

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