The Rotork Sea Truck is a flat-hulled, high-speed watercraft

Watercraft

A watercraft is a vessel or craft designed to move across or through water. The name is derived from the term "craft" which was used to describe all types of water going vessels...

, similar to a small landing craft

Landing craft

Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during WWII...

. Made from fibreglass, they may be used to land vehicles without jetties or harbour facilities. They were designed partially by James Dyson

James Dyson

Sir James Dyson is a British industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company.He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. His net worth in 2011 was said to be £1.45 billion.-Early life:Dyson was born in...

 in the 1970s, as part of his final year's project at the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

. Jeremy Fry

Jeremy Fry

Jeremy Joseph Fry was a British inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, adventurer and arts patron.-Early life:Born into the Fry family on May 19, 1924 in Bristol, he was the second son of Cecil Roderick Fry who as the last chairman of the J. S. Fry & Sons chocolate concern arranged for the sale of the...

 was co-designer. The craft is still manufactured by Rotork Marine

Rotork

Rotork plc is a British-based manufacturing company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...

 in Bath, England

England

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The Sea Truck won a Design Council

Design Council

The Design Council is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as a charity.Registered charity number 272099.- In the beginning :The Design Council started in 1944 as the Council of Industrial Design...

 award and in 1975 the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

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special prize.