From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Eyewitness account of the Miss England II boat accident.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\5\ img097 | |
| Date | 1st July 1930 guessed | |
| of the wall of water. When the water subsided I saw Miss England II inverted, lying diagonally across her course. She gradually eddied round until she was finally lying more or less on her course again, but upside down. I saw three objects in the water - one on the starboard side which I thought was a man's head nearly submerged and almost in line with the bows of Miss England II. The second object was clearly a man's head on the starboard side and almost in line with the stern of Miss England II. The third object was also clearly a man's head and arms directly astern of Miss England II. The second and third figures were picked up. 1. | ||