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In August 1998, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract to Vosper Thornycroft to construct the trimaran, at a cost of £13.5m [1] RV Triton was launched at Woolston in May 2000 and delivered in August 2000. Triton then began a two-year risk reduction trials programme for the UK MoD and the US Department of Defense.
The origins of the motorhome date back to 1910, when the Pierce-Arrow motor company introduced the Touring Landau model at the Madison Square Garden auto show. [5] [2] The Pierce-Arrow's entry was specialized for the camper in mind—providing cargo compartments for camping equipment and even an on-board toilet. [6]
The Holdsworth Motorhomes Company was a UK-based campervan conversion company running from 1968 to the mid-1990s, founded by Richard Holdsworth. [1] It was one of the first UK campervan conversion companies, developing to hold contracts with British Leyland for the Sherpa, and the first UK company to hold approval from Volkswagen.
The first Hymer motorhome was produced in 1961, the Caravano. [6] During the mid-1960s, Dornier Flugzeugwerke and Hymer developed the Dornier Delta II, a development of the earlier Zündapp Janus. The vehicle could carry up to six passengers and offered two sleeping places for camping, but was never developed beyond the prototype stage.
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In 2017, the UK was the eleventh-largest goods exporter in the world [6] and the eighth-largest goods importer. [7] It also had the second-largest inward foreign direct investment, [8] and the third-largest outward foreign direct investment. [9] The UK left the European Union in 2019, but it remains the UK's largest trading partner.
James May's 1987 Excel S.E., modified into motorhome for Top Gear. In 2010, a 1987 Excel S.E was featured in Season 15, Episode 4 of Top Gear. Modified by James May into a motorhome, it featured a roofbox-style sleeping accommodation with a passageway to the car's interior. [5] [6]
Middleton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of 5.02 sq mi (13.0 km 2) and had a population of 1,516 in 621 households at the 2001 census, [1] reducing to 1,450 at the 2011 Census.