Length 11 m | Beam 9.5 ft (2.9 m) | |
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Type Racing monohull hydroplane Installed power 2 × 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) @ 3,000 rpm Propulsion Twin Rolls-Royce R-type V-12 aero enginesGeared drive to twin screws, running @ 9,000 rpm Builder John I. Thornycroft & Company | ||
Rocket boat trials for miss england iii
Miss England III was the name of the last of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s.
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- Rocket boat trials for miss england iii
- good luck miss england iii 1932
- Design and construction
- Racing career
- References
good luck miss england iii 1932
Design and construction
Miss England III differs from the earlier Miss Englands in using twin screws. The type R engines from Miss England II were also further developed by improved supercharging.
Racing career
On 18 July 1932, Kaye Don set a new world water speed record of 119.81 mph (104.11 kn; 192.82 km/h) on Loch Lomond. The record stood until August, falling to a new four-engined Miss America X at 124.91 mph (108.54 kn; 201.02 km/h). Don declined any further records, and Miss England III went to a museum.
References
Miss England III Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA