Harmsworth Cup

Harmsworth Cup

▪ motorboat racing award
formally  British International Trophy for Motorboats 

      motorboat racing award established in 1903 by the British publisher Sir Alfred Harmsworth (later Viscount Northcliffe), the first perpetual international event in the sport. A contest between boats representing nations, the trophy is open to challenge by any boat under 40 feet (12 metres) in length, all parts of which have been produced in the country represented. The first nation to win two heats of a contest takes the trophy, a bronze plaque.

      Competition has been irregular. The trophy was first won in 1903 by Englishman S.F. Edge's “Napier I,” a displacement (through-the-water) craft, with a speed of 19.53 miles per hour. Since 1911 the contest has been dominated by hydroplanes (over-the-water craft) of unlimited engine displacement. U.S. boats defeated all challengers between 1920 and 1959. The Canadian entry “Miss Supertest III” won in 1959 and defeated U.S. challenges in 1960 (averaging better than 116 miles per hour) and 1961 to become the first boat to win the trophy three times. Competition for the trophy was revived in 1980.

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