Miss England III

Model of Miss England III (with Miss England II behind) at the Science Museum, London
Career (UK)
Name:	Miss England III
Builder:	Thornycroft Southampton
General characteristics
Type:	Racing monohull hydroplane
Length:	35 ft (11 m)
Beam:	9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Installed power:	2 × 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) @ 3,000 rpm
Propulsion:	Twin Rolls-Royce R-type V-12 aero engines Geared drive to twin screws, running @ 9,000 rpm
Speed:	119.81 mph (104.11 kn; 192.82 km/h) on 18 July 1932, Kaye Don, Loch Lomond

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Miss England (Speedboat)
• Miss Britain III

References

External Links

• "One Man Vs British Empire", January 1932, Popular Mechanics article deals more with British challenger than US title subject -- drawings and illustrations of Miss England III pages 363 and 364