Surviving
WW1 Tanks
by David Maynard
For the new version of the ‘Survivors’ list I have decided to give each vehicle a unique number, in an attempt to track any future changes, additions or re-identifications. I have also given the parallel numbers in the Armour Archive publications on preserved tanks in Russia and South Africa. When (if?) I find a copy of ‘Preserved Tanks in France’ I will update the list again. Replica tanks have been included in the list and given their own series of numbers well outside the range given to real vehicles. There has also been some reordering of the entries since last time.
British
Prototypes
Type
Location
Further Information
Number
Hornsby tractor
Tank Museum, Bovington
‘Hornsby No.3’ - Runner
S01
‘Little Willie’
Tank Museum, Bovington
Minus tailwheels
S02
Heavy tanks
Mark
Type
Location
Further Information
Number
I
Male
Tank Museum, Bovington
702, Now painted as C19 ‘Clan Leslie’
S03
II
‘Female’
Tank Museum, Bovington
785, now painted as F53 ‘Flying Scotsman’
S04
IV
Male
Tank Museum, Bovington
2324, ‘Excellent’, runner in the 1980s
S05
IV
Male
Army Museum, Brussels
4093, fitted with unditching equipment and apparently in original paint scheme
S06
IV
Female
Ashford, Kent
Training tank 130, once used as an electricity substation. Now repainted
S07
IV
Female
Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln
2179, F4 ‘Flirt II’, on loan from Bovington
S08
IV
Female
Australian War Memorial
4643, ‘Grit’, ‘in near original condition’
S09
IV
Female
Flesquieres, France
D51 ‘Deborah’, although disputed
S10
IV
Female
APG Maryland, USA
Serial unknown
S11
V
Male
Tank Museum, Bovington
9199, H41, fought at Amiens, runner
S12
V
Male
Imperial War Museum, London
9171, ‘Demon’, mocked up sponson on LH side
S13
V
Hermaphrodite
Kubinka, Russia
Also in 8th Battalion markings PTiR 97
S14
V
?
Arkhangel’sk, Russia
PTiR 461
S15
V
Male
Lugansk, Ukraine
On show PTiR 524
S16
V
Female
Lugansk, Ukraine
On show PTiR 525
S17
V
?
Lugansk, Ukraine
In scrap yard PTiR 526
S18
V
?
Lugansk, Ukraine
In scrap yard PTiR 527
S19
V
Female
Historical Museum, Kharkhov, Ukraine
PTiR 532
S20
V*
Male
Patton Museum of Armor and Cavalry, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
S21
Medium tanks
Mark
Location
Further Information
Number
A ‘Whippet’
Tank Museum, Bovington
A259 ‘Caesar II’, Lt. Sewell’s VC tank
S22
A ‘Whippet’
Army Museum, Brussels
A347 ‘Firefly’, apparently in original paint scheme. Featured on ‘AFV Interiors’
S23
A ‘Whippet’
Borden, Ontario, Canada
A231
S24
A ‘Whippet’
Army College, Thaba-Tswane, Pretoria, South Africa
‘HMLS Union’, apparently a ‘near-runner’ PTiSA 19
S25
A ‘Whippet’
APG, Maryland, USA
Census number unknown
S26
1919 tanks
Mark
Location
Further Information
Number
V** Male
Tank Museum, Bovington
Used in bridgelaying trials
S27
VIII ‘International’
Tank Museum, Bovington
Once outside Museum
S28
IX Carrier
Tank Museum, Bovington
Marked IC15 ( IC = Infantry Carrier)
S29
PTiR ‘Preserved Tanks in Russia’ Armour Archive
PTiSA ‘Preserved Tanks in South Africa’ Armour Archive
French
Renault FT17
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Afghanistan
Currently unknown
37mm cannon
S30
Australia
Australian War Memorial
8mm Hotchkiss MG,
S31
Belgium
Army Museum, Brussels
37mm cannon,
S32
Brazil
Rio de Janiero
37mm cannon, runner
S33
Rio de Janiero
Gutted
S34
Gutted
S35
Gutted
S36
Denmark
Karup
Turret only? (information was in Danish)
S37
Finland
Tank Museum, Parola
37mm cannon, displayed on trailer
S38
France
Les Invalides, Paris
S39
Maginot Line fort
Hulk, exact location not confirmed
S40
French Army base, Satory
S41
Musee des Blindes, Saumur
37mm cannon, runner
S42
Musee des Blindes, Saumur
Modele 31 machine gun, runner
S43
Netherlands
Dutch Army Museum, Delft
Girod turret
S44
Dutch War and Resistance Museum, Overloon
Described as an FT18
S45
Norway
Finnmark
Apparently fairly complete
S46
Nordland Red Cross War Museum, Narvik
S47
Setermoen
Turretless, still has Renault manufacturers plate
S48
Russia
Tank Museum, Kubinka
Girod turret
S49
Switzerland
Panzer Museum, Thun
Bought by Switzerland in the 1920s
S50
UK
Tank Museum, Bovington
Early model with moulded turret, 8mm Hotchkiss MG
S51
USA
Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Appears to be painted Olive Drab
S52
APG, Maryland
S53
Fort Meade Museum, Maryland
‘Five of Hearts’, camouflage scheme is modern.
S54
Schneider
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
France
Musee des Blindes, Saumur
Formerly at APG, Maryland, now repainted
S55
St Chamond
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
France
Musee des Blindes, Saumur
Formerly at APG, Maryland, now repainted
S56
German
A7V
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Australia
Brisbane, Queensland
‘Mephisto’, now restored externally
S57
LK II derivatives
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Germany
Panzermuseum, Munster
Strv M/21-29, from Sweden
S58
Sweden
Pansarmuseet, Axvall
Strv M/21
S59
United States
Skeleton tank
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
USA
APG, Maryland
Oldest tank in the APG collection
S60
6-ton Tank M1917
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Canada
Borden, Ontario
Marked as early WW2 Canadian training tank
S61
USA
Museum of Southern New England, Danbury, Connecticut
Runner in the recent past
S62
Patton Museum of Armor and Cavalry, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Painted olive drab. Featured in ‘AFV Interiors’
S63
VFW Post #2290, Manville, New Jersey
The bullet marks are the result of checking the quality of the armour during manufacture
S64
Formerly at Railway Station, Nitro, West Virginia
Present location unknown
S65
Mark VIII ‘Liberty’
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
USA
APG, Maryland
Featured in ‘AFV Interiors’
S66
Fort Meade, Maryland
S67
Ford 3-ton tank
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
USA
Patton Museum of Armor and Cavalry, Fort Knox, Kentucky
S68
French/United States
Uncertain if these tanks are FT17s or M1917s
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
USA
West Point Military Academy
S69
Virginia Military Museum, Newport News
S70
French/Russian
KS Tank
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Russia
Kubinka
May be a refurbished FT17
S71
Replica tanks
Country
Location
Further Information
Number
Australia
Puckapunyal
Mark V made for TV series ‘Anzacs’
S1000
Germany
Panzermuseum, Munster
A7V ‘Wotan’
S1001
References and Acknowledgements
Many of the sources used to compile this list can be found on the ‘Links’ page or in the book list. For most of the rest, I have simply entered various combinations into search engines and followed up the results.
After the first version of this list was posted, I got some very useful replies from Keith Dudley, Jim Matthiessen, Hans van Oerles and Gary Zimmer, all of which were very welcome. If I have left anyone off this list, my apologies, your contribution is in there somewhere.
Anyone who has any comments or further information please let me know I look forward to hearing it.