Miss England (Speedboat)
Encyclopedia
Miss England was the name applied to a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave
and Kaye Don
to contest world water speed record
s in the 1920s and 1930s.
Henry Segrave
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and Kaye Don
Kaye Don
Kaye Don was a world record breaking car and speedboat racer who became a motorcycle dealer on his retirement from road racing and set up Ambassador Motorcycles.-Biography:...
to contest world water speed record
Water speed record
The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. The current record of 511 km/h was achieved in 1978....
s in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Miss England IMiss England IMiss England I was the name of the first of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s.- Design and construction :...
- Miss England IIMiss England IIMiss England II was the name of the second of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s.- Design and construction :...
- Miss England IIIMiss England IIIMiss 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.- Design and construction :...