THE WATER SPEED RECORD
. / NEW MISS ENGLAND BUILDING.
TRIALS TO BE MADE IN ITALY.
British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Dec. 21. It is announced that Miss England, the third racing motor-boat “which Lord Wakefield is having built with a view to an attack on the world’s water speed record, will 'be constructed in the Thames yards of Thornycroft, Ltd. Models for the hull under test are like Miss England 11. The boat will be equipped with two of the latest Rolls Royce aero engines. She is to be completed before the end of April. According to present plans Kaye Don will take the boat to Lake. Garda, Italy, for trials, which may be followed by an attempt on the record which he set up with Miss England 11.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1931, Page 5
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