MISS ENGLAND 11. SETS OUT ON LAKE WINDERMERE.—Two striking photographs of the 4,000 h.p. speedboat, Miss England 11., with the late Sir Henry Segrave at the wheel, roaring through the waters of Lake Winder iere in an attempt to break the world water-speed record of 96.25 miles an hour. He had set up a new record of 98.76 miles an hour when the boat overturned and exploded, killing the gallant English sportsman and his mechanic.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1024, 15 July 1930, Page 9
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75MISS ENGLAND II. SETS OUT ON LAKE WINDERMERE.—Two striking photographs of the 4,000 h.p. speedboat, Miss England II., with the late Sir Henry Segrave at the wheel, roaring through the waters of Lake Winder iere in an attempt to break the world water-speed record of 96.25 miles an hour. He had set up a new record of 98.76 miles an hour when the boat overturned and exploded, killing the gallant English sportsman and his mechanic. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1024, 15 July 1930, Page 9
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