SECRETLY BUILT
NEW BRITISH SPEED BOAT ATTACK ON ITALIAN RECORD LONDON, May 25. Secretly built from designs by Edward Spurr, engineer, in collaboration with the late Lawrence of Arabia, a 16-foot speedboat, christened Empire Day, is expected to reach a speed of 90 miles an hour, and is attacking the Italian world record of 70 miles an hour on Lake Windermere within three weeks.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 123, 27 May 1938, Page 7
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64SECRETLY BUILT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 123, 27 May 1938, Page 7
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