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US Navy SWCCs train with a modified go-fast boat during a training exercise in Mississippi. A typical go-fast is laid-up using a combination of fibreglass, kevlar and carbon fibre, using a deep "V" style offshore racing hull ranging from 6.1 to 15.2 metres (20 to 50 ft) long, narrow in beam, and equipped with two or more powerful engines, often totalling more than 750 kilowatts (1,000 hp).
Blue bird was designed by Fred Cooper and built by Fred Goatley of Saunders-Roe. The design was intended to be the smallest possible hull capable of carrying the Rolls-Royce R racing engine. Campbell had already used this engine in his Blue Bird car, and they had also been used in pairs in Segrave and Kaye Don's Miss England boats.
Cooper Enterprises Inc. (sometimes referred to as Cooper Yachts Limited) was a Canadian boat builder based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats and powerboats. [1] [2] The company was founded by Forbes Cooper in 1970 and closed in 1990. [1] [2]
MGB 75, a British Power Boat Company motor gun boat at HMS Beehive, Felixstowe. During World War II the British Power Boat Company built large numbers of motor torpedo boats, high-speed motor launches, and motor gun boats (previously known as Motor Anti-Submarine Boats [3]), being credited with saving the lives of over 13,000 service personnel.
J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told the BBC the level of "dangerous" small boat Channel crossings is "far too high" but she refused to set out a timetable to reduce the number. More than 20,000 ...
The Type 140 Jaguar-class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55 . The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in service from 1957 to 1975.