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Description: | A photograph of crowds gathered to see the 'Miss Britain III' speedboat being lowered into the sea at Poole, Dorset, taken by Harold Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 24 September, 1933. Built by Hubert Scott-Paine (1890-1954), an engineer and director of Imperial Airways, the 'Miss Britain' was a single-engined, twenty-five feet long, metal craft, propelled by a single screw that turned 3,600 revolutions per minute. This race was against the 'Miss America X', driven by an American, Gar Wood (1880-1971), in order to see if either boat could break the existing speed record. Wood won, despite having a far heavier craft. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | gelatin silver print photograph | Temporal: | 24/09/1933 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Tomlin, Harold | Identifier: | 1983-5236/C04364 | Go to resource |
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