Model of Miss England II (with model of Miss England III behind) at the Science Museum, London
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Miss England II |
Owner | Lord Wakefield |
Builder |
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Launched | 1930 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Racing monohull hydroplane |
Displacement | 5 tons |
Length | 36 ft (11 m) |
Beam | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Installed power | 2 × 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) @ 2,800 rpm |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Crew | 3 |
Miss England II was the second of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s.