MISS ENGLAND 111.
KAYE DON'S NEW BOAT (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, May 9. Miss England 111., the motor boat in which Kayo Don hopes to establish a new world’s water speed record, was launched to-day at tho Thames yard of Thorneycrofts, the noted engineers. It has two Schneider Trophy typo RollsRoyce engines, which develop a nominal horse power of 4,000, but actually considerably more. She has twin propellers, and rudders fore and aft. She is almost the same size as her predecessor —3sft long and Oft 6in broad. a Miss England was put aboard a ship, which will sail to-morrow for Italy, where she will compete for the D’Annunzio Trophy on Lake Garda, and will attempt to create a fresh record. In the autumn she will race in the United States.
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Evening Star, Issue 21099, 11 May 1932, Page 7
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134MISS ENGLAND III. Evening Star, Issue 21099, 11 May 1932, Page 7
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