Water speed record
Record holders

Water speed record

Section Title: Record holders
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Speed	Craft	Captain(s)	Location	Date

70.86 mph (114.04 km/h)	HD-4	Canada Casey Baldwin	Bras d'Or Lake	19 September 1919

74.87 mph (120.49 km/h)	Miss America	United States Gar Wood	Detroit River	15 September 1920

80.567 mph (129.660 km/h)	Miss America II	United States Gar Wood	Detroit River	6 September 1921

87.392 mph (140.644 km/h)	Farman Hydroglider	United States Jules Fisher	River Seine	10 November 1924

92.838 mph (149.408 km/h)	Miss America VII	United States George Wood	Detroit River	4 September 1928

93.123 mph (149.867 km/h)	Miss America VII	United States Gar Wood	Indian Creek	23 March 1929

98.760 mph (158.939 km/h)	Miss England II	United Kingdom Henry Segrave	Windermere	13 June 1930

102.256 mph (164.565 km/h)	Miss America IX	United States Gar Wood	Indian Creek	20 March 1931

103.49 mph (166.55 km/h)	Miss England II	Republic of Ireland Kaye Don	Paraná River	15 April 1931

110.223 mph (177.387 km/h)	Miss England II	Republic of Ireland Kaye Don	Lake Garda	31 July 1931

111.712 mph (179.783 km/h)	Miss America IX	United States Gar Wood	Indian Creek	5 February 1932

117 mph (188 km/h)	Miss England III	Republic of Ireland Kaye Don	Loch Lomond	18 July 1932

119.81 mph (192.82 km/h)	Miss England III	Republic of Ireland Kaye Don	Loch Lomond	18 July 1932

124.86 mph (200.94 km/h)	Miss America X	United States Gar Wood	St. Clair River	20 September 1932

126.32 mph (203.29 km/h)	Blue Bird K3	United Kingdom Malcolm Campbell	Lake Maggiore	1 September 1937

129.50 mph (208.41 km/h)	Blue Bird K3	United Kingdom Malcolm Campbell	Lake Maggiore	2 September 1937

130.91 mph (210.68 km/h)	Blue Bird K3	United Kingdom Malcolm Campbell	Hallwilersee	17 September 1938

141.74 mph (228.11 km/h)	Blue Bird K4	United Kingdom Malcolm Campbell	Coniston Water	19 August 1939

160.323 mph (258.015 km/h)	Slo-Mo-Shun IV	United States Stanley Sayres, Ted O. Jones	Lake Washington	26 June 1950

178.497 mph (287.263 km/h)	Slo-Mo-Shun IV	United States Stanley Sayres, Elmer Leninschmidt	Lake Washington	7 July 1952

202.32 mph (325.60 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Ullswater	23 July 1955

216.20 mph (347.94 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Lake Mead	16 November 1955

225.63 mph (363.12 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Coniston Water	19 September 1956

239.07 mph (384.75 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Coniston Water	7 November 1957

248.62 mph (400.12 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Coniston Water	10 November 1958

260.35 mph (418.99 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Coniston Water	14 May 1959

276.33 mph (444.71 km/h)	Bluebird K7	United Kingdom Donald Campbell	Lake Dumbleyung	31 December 1964

285.22 mph (459.02 km/h)	Hustler	United States Lee Taylor	Lake Guntersville	30 June 1967

288.60 mph (464.46 km/h)	Spirit of Australia	Australia Ken Warby	Blowering Reservoir	20 November 1977

317.596 mph (511.121 km/h)	Spirit of Australia	Australia Ken Warby	Blowering Reservoir	8 October 1978

Sentence(s)

On 4 September 1928, United States George Wood drove Miss America VII on the Detroit River.

final_sentence: On 4 September 1928, United States George Wood drove Miss America VII on the Detroit River.