HMS Sultan's Super Sentinel Steam Waggon

HMS Sultan's Super Sentinel Steam Waggon The Super Sentinel Steam Waggon, registered number DX 9048, is now 95 years old. Then she went back to Browns and laboured on with planks of wood until 1937.

She started life right at the end of the '20s and was first owned by W M Brown, West Country wood transporters, in 1930. Soon after DX 9048 was built, Sentinel's Shrewsbury works began producing steamers with conventional gear-boxes and differentials to keep up in a market becoming more and more preoccupied with petrol power. At the end of her third year, DX 9048 went back to Sentinel at Shrewsbur

y to have her acetylene lighting system replaced by a 12 volt electrical system, and her solid rubber tyres swapped for pneumatics. She spent the war idly; there wasn't coal to spare to fire her and in 1953 she reached a low ebb when she was acquired by J W Hardwick & Sons, a firm of scrap merchants. That could have been curtains for the old steamer; petrol and diesel trucks were now far more versatile and powerful, but the Suez crisis intervened. DX 9048 was readied for service again since she was one of Britain's few self-propelled vehicles that required oil for no more than lubrication. But she never fired a shot in anger. The powers-that-were said she wasn't economical. But now, at least, she had been refurbished. In 1960 she was sent on permanent loan, to HMS Sultan in Gosport, Hampshire. Here is where she assumed the role she still plays today. A decade later, when they'd done a good deal of painstaking restoration work on the old Sentinel, the Navy acquired her for a knock-down price - £1250. Nowadays she's worth considerably more to the right buyer, which represents a tidy capital gain on the 1929 ex-works price of £692!

All set for Hollycombe steam rally in convoy style
04/06/2026

All set for Hollycombe steam rally in convoy style

Just to let everyone know, the calendar for Run Ashore is now fully booked. We can't take on any more bookings, as the t...
30/05/2026

Just to let everyone know, the calendar for Run Ashore is now fully booked. We can't take on any more bookings, as the team needs a well-deserved break before we start the overhaul. Thank you

Run ashore
30/05/2026

Run ashore

Ex Sewco run ashore what a day so far
28/05/2026

Ex Sewco run ashore what a day so far

Bank holiday run ashore
23/05/2026

Bank holiday run ashore

Run ashore on beautiful Friday Evening.Our friendly stoker showing his hardest to take a selfie with the HMS Sultan's Su...
23/05/2026

Run ashore on beautiful Friday Evening.
Our friendly stoker showing his hardest to take a selfie with the HMS Sultan's Super Sentinel Steam Waggon

What a remarkable year it has been so far! We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us.We are in...
18/05/2026

What a remarkable year it has been so far! We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us.
We are incredibly grateful for the generous donations received from September last year to the present day. A special thank you to:
1) SCC Ltd
2) Raytheon (Our wonderful new sponsor)
3) Rolls-Royce
4) Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (Projects)
5) RJC Mechanical & Electrical Solutions

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who booked the Waggon for Weddings, Proms and Run Ashore. Without your bookings and sponsorship, we simply could not do what we do.
Your support allows us to keep this magnificent HMS Sultan's Super Sentinel Steam Waggon running and on display for everyone to enjoy.
Thank you from the entire Team!

If you would like to volunteer and work alongside our amazing team, please send us a message directly throught our page. We would love to hear from you!

Afternoon run ashore
16/05/2026

Afternoon run ashore

Hi there, we have had some cancellations for Proms this year. So if anyone wants to book this beautiful machine for a P...
13/05/2026

Hi there, we have had some cancellations for Proms this year. So if anyone wants to book this beautiful machine for a Prom, please message us.

What a fantastic day. We stayed over night in a friends yard in Hythe, so we could be ready bright and early to pick up ...
10/05/2026

What a fantastic day. We stayed over night in a friends yard in Hythe, so we could be ready bright and early to pick up the groom.
We had to do a pit stop after finding a flat tyre on the rear. The tyre change only took ten
minutes, so we successfully got the groom to Southampton Register Office in time. We would like to Congratulate the happy couple and wish you all the best for the future.

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HMS Sultan, Military Road
Gosport
PO123BY

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