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'Cradle of the Power Boat' - THE BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY, Hythe, Southampton
The British Power Boat Company was a British manufacturer of motor boats, particularly racing boats and later military patrol boats.
The company was formed on 30 September 1927 when Hubert Scott-Paine bought and renamed the Hythe Shipyard with the intention of transforming it into one of the most modern mass production boat building yards in the country. Together with his chief designer, Fred Cooper, the company produced many racing boats which won numerous awards around Europe, including Miss England II and Miss Britain III.
From 1930 the British Power Boat Company supplied seaplane tenders to the Air Ministry, commencing with RAF200, a 37-footer. The trials of this and other boats was carried out by T E Shaw on behalf of the Royal Air Force, and he and Scott-Paine worked together over the next few years. These tenders were powered by twin 100bhp Meadows petrol engines giving a maximum speed of 29 knots (some of the later ones were fitted with Perkins S6M diesels).
The company marketed its own modified Napier Sea Lion engines under the name Power Marine Engines.
On 3 August 1931 the factory burnt to the ground, but was rapidly rebuilt as the most modern and efficient boatyard in Britain. Motor Torpedo Boats with a hard chine were designed, built, and increasingly sold to the British Admiralty. Armoured target boats were also built for the RAF, proving very successful and cost-effective, together with tenders for Imperial Airways flying boats, and admiral's barges.
In 1939, due to the difficulties in obtaining British engines, Scott-Paine took PT-9 to the US to enable Elco to mass-produce PT boats using Packard motors.
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), being credited with saving the lives of over 13,000 service personnel.
All unfinished contracts were cancelled at the cessation of hostilities and the British Power Boat Company closed in 1946.
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WORLD WAR 2 WOMEN WORKERS The British Power Boat Company - Hythe - Southampton - Hampshire
The British Power Boat Company was formed on 30 September 1927 when Hubert Scott-Paine bought and renamed the Hythe Shipyard on Southampton Water in Hampshire with the intention of transforming it into one of the most modern mass production boat building yards in the country. Together with his chief designer, Fred Cooper, the company produced many racing boats which won numerous awards around Europe, including Miss England II and Miss Britain III.
From 1930 the British Power Boat Company supplied seaplane tenders to the Air Ministry, commencing with RAF200, a 37-footer. The trials of this and other boats was carried out by T E Shaw on behalf of the Royal Air Force, and he and Scott-Paine worked together over the next few years. These tenders were powered by twin 100bhp Meadows petrol engines giving a maximum speed of 29knots (some of the later ones were fitted with Perkins S6M diesels).
The company marketed its own modified Napier: Sea Lion engines under the name Power Marine Engines.
On 3 August 1931 the factory burnt to the ground, but was rapidly rebuilt as the most modern and efficient boatyard in Britain. Motor Torpedo Boats with a hard chine were designed, built, and increasingly sold to the British Admiralty. Armoured target boats were also built for the RAF, proving very successful and cost-effective, together with tenders for Imperial Airways flying boats, and admiral's barges.
In 1939, due to the difficulties in obtaining British engines, Scott-Paine took PT-9 to the US to enable Elco to mass-produce PT boats using Packard motors.
During World War II the British Power Boat Company used a female workforce to build large numbers of Motor Torpedo Boats, High Speed Motor Launches, and Motor Gun Boats (previously known as Motor Anti-Submarine Boats), being credited with saving the lives of over 13,000 service personnel.
All unfinished contracts were cancelled at the cessation of hostilities and the British Power Boat Company closed in 1946.
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Before the Second World War the British Power Boat Company was the most advanced boatyard in the world producing the famous Motor Torpedo Boat MTB and the forerunner of the American PT Boat. Yet go to Hythe in Hampshire today and it has the reputation of a sleepy backwater where nothing ever happens. This video is in a series of interviews with an apprentice who was at the boatyard during the Second World War. It is hoped that his recollections together with original film footage and documents from the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London will help to recognise a period in the heritage of Hythe for which the residents can be justly proud.
The company was formed on 30 September 1927 when Hubert Scott-Paine bought and renamed the Hythe Shipyard with the intention of transforming it into one of the most modern mass production boat building yards in the country. Together with his chief designer, Fred Cooper, the company produced many racing boats which won numerous awards around Europe, including Miss England II and Miss Britain III.
From 1930 the British Power Boat Company supplied seaplane tenders to the Air Ministry, commencing with RAF200, a 37-footer. The trials of this and other boats was carried out by T E Shaw on behalf of the Royal Air Force, and he and Scott-Paine worked together over the next few years. These tenders were powered by twin 100bhp Meadows petrol engines giving a maximum speed of 29 knots (some of the later ones were fitted with Perkins S6M diesels).
The company marketed its own modified Napier Sea Lion engines under the name Power Marine Engines.
On 3 August 1931 the factory burnt to the ground, but was rapidly rebuilt as the most modern and efficient boatyard in Britain. Motor Torpedo Boats with a hard chine were designed, built, and increasingly sold to the British Admiralty. Armoured target boats were also built for the RAF, proving very successful and cost-effective, together with tenders for Imperial Airways flying boats, and admiral's barges.
In 1939, due to the difficulties in obtaining British engines, Scott-Paine took PT-9 to the US to enable Elco to mass-produce PT boats using Packard motors.
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 Boat]), being credited with saving the lives of over 13,000 service personnel.
All unfinished contracts were cancelled at the cessation of hostilities and the British Power Boat Company closed in 1946.
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THE BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY - 'Wartime' by Stan - World War Two - Hythe, Southampton
It was formed on 30 September 1927 when Hubert Scott-Paine bought and renamed the Hythe Shipyard with the intention of transforming it into one of the most modern mass production boat building yards in the country. Together with his chief designer, Fred Cooper, the company produced many racing boats which won numerous awards around Europe, including Miss England II and Miss Britain III.
From 1930 the British Power Boat Company supplied seaplane tenders to the Air Ministry, commencing with RAF200, a 37-footer. The trials of this and other boats was carried out by T E Shaw on behalf of the Royal Air Force, and he and Scott-Paine worked together over the next few years. These tenders were powered by twin 100bhp Meadows petrol engines giving a maximum speed of 29knots (some of the later ones were fitted with Perkins S6M diesels).
The company marketed its own modified Napier: Sea Lion engines under the name Power Marine Engines.
On 3 August 1931 the factory burnt to the ground, but was rapidly rebuilt as the most modern and efficient boatyard in Britain. Motor Torpedo Boats with a hard chine were designed, built, and increasingly sold to the British Admiralty. Armoured target boats were also built for the RAF, proving very successful and cost-effective, together with tenders for Imperial Airways flying boats, and admiral's barges.
In 1939, due to the difficulties in obtaining British engines, Scott-Paine took PT-9 to the US to enable Elco to mass-produce PT boats using Packard motors.
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), being credited with saving the lives of over 13,000 service personnel.
All unfinished contracts were cancelled at the cessation of hostilities and the British Power Boat Company closed in 1946.
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THE BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY - 'The Boatyard Legacy' by Stan - World War Two - Hythe, Southampton
They were known as the 'Spitfires of the sea' and formed a crucial part of the Allied war effort. (Mail Reporter, 9 February 2010)
Now two of the last remaining fully operational World War II motor boats have been saved thanks to a £580,000 grant.
The high-speed boats, which were the fastest of their type, proved vital to Britain's wartime sea campaign.
HSL 102 and MGB 81
One, a MGB 81, is an example of the vessel which was active during the U.S. landing at Omaha beach during D-Day.
MGBs - Motor Gun Boats - were small in size and their high speed made them difficult targets for German E-boats. They were used extensively in the Mediterranean to sink German and Italian ships.
The other boat, a HSL 102, is the only surviving example of the 100 class high-speed launch which was used at RAF Calshot, near Southampton, to retrieve shot-down airmen from the sea.
During the war, the HSL vessels saved a total of 10,000 airmen of various nationalities.
The saved HSL 102 also featured in the film Enigma with Kate Winslet in 2001.
Now the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has provided the money to enable the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT) to purchase the two boats.
MGB 81
The MGB 81 is an example of the vessel which was active during the U.S. landing at Omaha beach during D-Day
Despite an original life expectancy of 20 years, they have both been restored and are on display at Gunwharf Quays Marina in Portsmouth.
It is hoped that one of the boats will be available for charter to enable the public to experience their power.
Peter Goodship, chief executive of the PNBPT, said: 'These unique craft are a legacy to the heroism of those who crewed them during World War Two.
'Both boats made significant contributions to the war effort and saved the lives of many sailors and airmen.
'The Trust is grateful to all those who contributed, especially the National Heritage Memorial Fund, without which this would not have been possible.'
Crewing the boats, which were built at Hythe, near Southampton, was said to be like riding on a massive petrol bomb, as they held 3,000 gallons of fuel and would simply explode if they were shot.
MGB 81
Lieutenant James Shadbolt, a veteran of Royal Navy's 8th Motor Gunboat Flotilla, said: 'I'm delighted these two motorboats will now be safeguarded.
'Organisations like the National Heritage Memorial Fund and other generous donors play such a vital role in protecting our precious heritage and those of us who particularly cherish these boats are very grateful.
'It's wonderful to know that future generations will be able to experience first-hand these extremely exciting machines, just as we did as young men during the war.'
Bob Bewley, director of operations at NHMF, said: 'The purchase of these boats is an important part of a continuing success story and just what the NHMF was set up to do - to defend the most outstanding parts of our national heritage at risk as a memorial to those who have died for the UK.
'These gunboats are so integral to our rich seafaring history.
'They can now join other great British naval achievements, such as Nelson's HMS Victory and the Mary Rose, which have been saved thanks to the unique ability of the NHMF to act quickly as the fund of last resort over the past 30 years.'
The boats were designed and built by the British Powerboat Company, which later went on to build the famous Supermarine Spitfire.
The company's founder, aviation and powerboat pioneer Hubert Scott-Paine, along with T.E. Shaw, known as Lawrence of Arabia, pioneered these fast manoeuvrable craft for British military use. Shaw undertook the testing of the HSL prototype.
After the war, the saved MGB 81 was disposed of by the Royal Navy. In late 1945, it was sold to a private owner, achieving notoriety for being 'arrested' as part of a smuggling operation in 1958, and was then sold for scrap.
Later, it became an accommodation barge for a sailing school and spent some years as a houseboat before restoration in 1988.
During a two-month period, the HSL 102 is recorded as saving 38 men from the North Sea, including the crews of two German bombers.
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