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Buffalo

20/12/1923       Iron composite motor boat

1/1/1949          Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), SE Division fleet, Fleet No 195

1/10/1953        Passed to BTC (BTW)

1961                Transferred to maintenance fleet

1/1/1963          Passed to BWB

1970s              Sold to private ownership, chopped in two:

Fore-end (c25ft) converted to 32ft motor cruiser

Stern-end (c45ft) abandoned and sunk at Foxton

c2008: Reclaimed and taken to a private site for eventual restoration, to be joined to discarded section of ENGLAND and the bow of former LMS boat EXETER

For photo details, click on i top left of each photo