__NOTOC__[[File:417 Invicta Bridgnorth Lorry 2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|417 Invicta arriving at Bridgnorth in 1972]]'''417 Invicta''' was briefly resident on the SVR between 1972 and 1975.
[[File:417 Invicta Bridgnorth Lorry 2==Service==This 0-4-0ST locomotive was built by Andrew Barclay & Sons of Kilmarnock as Works No 2220 of 1946.jpg|thumb|200px|right|417 Invicta arriving at Bridgnorth It was ordered for use in 1972]]the Far East and was fitted with a “hot climate” cab roof. However the war in the Far East ended before the locomotive was completed and it was instead delivered new to the Royal Navy Dockyard in Chatham, Kent. It was originally given the Admiralty designation “M.E.D Yard No. 9” (M.E.D. referring to the Mechanical Engineer’s Department), later changed to “Yard No 417”.<ref name=SB4>SVR Stock Book Fourth Edition</ref>
No 417 Invicta remained at Chatham until 1972, although early photographs of it working there are rare as the dockyard's locomotives were classed as 'official secrets'. The locomotive was briefly resident on last steamed at the Navy Open Day in 1971<ref>SVR between 1972 and 1975News 25/26</ref>.
This 0-4-0ST locomotive ==Preservation==Invicta was built delivered by road to the SVR on 30 June 1972, having been acquired by Andrew Barclay & Sons the "[[List of Kilmarnock as Works No 2220 preservation groups#Preservation groups formerly associated with the SVR|Invicta Locomotive Preservation Society]]"<ref>SVR Stock Book Fifth Edition</ref> under then-[[SVR(H)]] Director David Porter (who was also President of 1946the group owning [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110]]). The locomotive was steamed on arrival at [[Bridgnorth]] and recorded 4 miles in use during 1972. It was delivered new scheduled to the Royal Navy Dockyard be repainted in London, Chatham, Kent, where it given and Dover Railway livery and due to its small size was intended for footplate rides and other light duties only.<ref name=SB4/> However no further mileage was recorded before the number 417locomotive was sold in spring of 1975.<ref>SVR News 35</ref>
The locomotive worked at Chatham until 1972, when it was sold and moved After moving to the SVR at [[Bridgnorth]]. The locomotive was steamed on arrival and recorded 4 miles in use during 1972, but no further mileage was recorded before the locomotive left in spring of 1975. After spells at other railways including Chasewater and later Long Marston, the locomotive returned to the Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway in 2009where restoration began.<ref>Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway web site</ref> In March 2022 a post on Facebook advised that the locomotive was for sale with restoration still incomplete<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rolling-stock-for-sale.11670/page-50#post-2727195 Facebook post via National Preservation forum]</ref>.
==Gallery==
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File:417 Invicta Chatham.jpg|417 Invicta in use at Chatham Dockyard circa 1969
File:417 Invicta Lorry.jpg|417 Invicta arrives at Bridgnorth by road in 1972
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==SourcesSee also==SVR News<br>[[Former Residents]] ==References==Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, seventh edition.<brreferences/>Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway web site
==Links==
[httphttps://www.dockyardrailwaythedockyard.co.uk/locosexplore/railway/#invicta.php Invicta on Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway Invicta web pagewebsite] Retrieved 26 February 201530 March 2022.
==See also=={{FormerSteamNavbox}}[[Former ResidentsCategory:Featured articles]]
