Miss England I

Miss England I in 1929
History
United Kingdom
NameMiss England (I)
Builder
Launched1928
StatusMuseum exhibit
General characteristics
TypeRacing motorboat with hard-chine planing hull
Length27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Beam7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power900 hp (670 kW)
Propulsion
Crew2

Miss England I was the first 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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