Model of Miss England III (with Miss England II behind) at the Science Museum, London |
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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | Miss England III |
| Builder: | Thornycroft Southampton |
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| 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.
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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.
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.