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Written by Stephen Dobie
Big news: this weekend, Bluebird K7 takes to the water again. Sure, it"s a boat, but it"s a very special one. An infamous one, too. It"s the boat in which Donald Campbell broke water speed records, and also met his end trying to break another. On 4 January 1967, just before 9am, Bluebird K7 left the surface of Britain"s Lake Coniston shortly after hitting an estimated 328mph. It sank within seconds, Campbell dying in his attempt to take the water-speed record above 300mph. The boat wasn"t recovered until 2001, after hobbyist diver Bill Smith located it, eventually bringing Bluebird and its iconic captain to the surface. Campbell was buried close to Lake Coniston, while Smith set about restoring K7 in the hope of seeing it take to the water again.
Date written: 3 Aug 2018
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Big news: this weekend, Bluebird K7 takes to the water again. Sure, it"s a boat, but it"s a very special one. An infamous one, too. It"s the boat in which Donald Campbell broke water speed records, and also met his end trying to break another. On 4 January 1967, just before 9am, Bluebird K7 left the surface of Britain"s Lake Coniston shortly after hitting an estimated 328mph. It sank within seconds, Campbell dying in his attempt to take the water-speed record above 300mph. The boat wasn"t recovered until 2001, after hobbyist diver Bill Smith located it, eventually bringing Bluebird and its iconic captain to the surface. Campbell was buried close to Lake Coniston, while Smith set about restoring K7 in the hope of seeing it take to the water again.
Date written: 3 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12785