MV Balmoral

MV Balmoral, built by John Thorneycroft of Southampton in 1949 for the Southampton Red Funnel Line, was fitted with two ‘O’ type, two stroke reversing, Sirron diesels made under licence by Thorneycroft. These gave fifty plus years of sterling service but were finally replaced, in preservation, with two new four stroke diesels. Her last sailing with the Sirron diesels was  in March 2003,
The new engines were manufactured by Grenaa in Denmark with German gearboxes and new shaped propellers manufactured in Singapore. Her sailing from Bristol where the work was carried out was in May 2003.
The Balmoral is operated by Waverley Excursions, the Waverley being a preserved paddle steamer.
Both Sirron engines were transported to the Internal Fire Museum in Wales where they were awaiting restoration but finally scrapped.

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The Engines in operation
Ken Angell and Ian Macmillan
at the controls.

The end of their career

The final resting place for the two Thorneycroft manufactured Sirron diesels was at the
Internal Fire Museum n Wales.
They stood derelict for some years and then were subsequently scrapped

Awaiting restoration that never happened