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''Miss Britain III'' is a racing power boat designed and built by Hubert Scott-Paine.
In 1932, Scott-Paine asked 
The team sailed for America in August 1933 and the contest was held on the St. Clair River at Algonac, Michigan on 4 September. The contest was very closely fought, but Wood managed to win by a small margin, and Scott-Paine returned to Britain to a hero's welcome.
Following a fire on board which was quickly put out and the boat repaired, a record breaking attempt was made on 16 November 1933 on Southampton Water by Scott-Paine and Gordon Thomas.
''Miss Britain III'' was taken to
''Miss Britain III'' is a racing power boat designed and built by Hubert Scott-Paine.
In 1932, Scott-Paine asked Rolls-Royce
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for a 'R' engine which had powered the winning entrant in the 1931 Schneider Trophy. He planned to challenge Garfield 'Gar' Wood's '' Miss America X'' for the Harmsworth Trophy. No engine was then available so there the matter rested.
In February 1933, with the success of his Power-Napier engine to which he had exclusive rights, Scott-Paine issued his challenge for the Harmsworth Trophy. Within less than ten weeks, he had designed and built ''Miss Britain III'' in conditions of great secrecy at his Hythe
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workshops. The result was revolutionary, with stringers of metal-reinforced wood and aluminium cladding, a single Napier Lion
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VIID engine, and a length of only . The attention to detail is evident in the thousands of duralumin countersunk screws with the slots all in line with the water or air flow. George Selman designed a new propeller after the existing designs proved unsatisfactory. Testing was carried out in great secrecy on Southampton Water in the early dawn.
The team sailed for America in August 1933 and the contest was held on the St. Clair River at Algonac, Michigan on 4 September. The contest was very closely fought, but Wood managed to win by a small margin, and Scott-Paine returned to Britain to a hero's welcome.
Following a fire on board which was quickly put out and the boat repaired, a record breaking attempt was made on 16 November 1933 on Southampton Water by Scott-Paine and Gordon Thomas.
''Miss Britain III'' was taken to Venice
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in 1934 where Scott-Paine won both the Prince of Piedmont's Cup and the Count Volpi Trophy.
In 1951 Scott-Paine presented ''Miss Britain III'' to the National Maritime Museum
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where it remains on view.
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