Crusader (speedboat)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Crusader |
| Owner: | John Cobb |
| Builder: | Vosper & Company, Portsmouth |
| Cost: | £15,000 |
| Yard number: | 2456 |
| Laid down: | January 1952 |
| Maiden voyage: | July 1952 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on Loch Ness, 29 September 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | de Havilland Ghost turbojet |
| Speed: | 206.89 mph (332.96 km/h) |
| Crew: | 1 |
Crusader was a jet-powered speed boat piloted by John Cobb. It was built by Vospers of Portsmouth and designed by Reid Railton, costing £15,000 in 1949. It was silver and scarlet in colour and 10m long. The engine was a de Havilland Ghost. The boat was destroyed and Cobb killed on 29 September 1952 when on a world record attempt at Loch Ness, Scotland.
The hull was of trimaran form, a main hull with a planing step, and two smaller rear-mounted outriggers. Construction was of birch plywood, with aircraft-style riveted aluminium for the cantilevers to the outriggers.[1]
On 5 July 2002 the wreckage of Crusader was discovered by the Loch Ness Project in 200 m (660 ft) of water.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Can Jet Boat Blast Speed Record." Popular Mechanics, September 1952, p. 112.
- ↑ "John Cobb's Crusader Found by The Loch Ness Project". lochnessproject.org. 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- Stobart-Hook, Barry (2008). The Last Crusader. April Cottage Publications. ISBN 978-0-9559147-0-6.
- "John Cobb and the Crusader"., reprinted from Leo Villa and Kevin Desmond (1976). The World Water Speed Record.
- Du Cane, Peter (1956). High-Speed Small Craft (2nd ed.). Temple Press. Endpapers include a sectional drawing of Crusader
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