Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — Fastest Vessel in the World. [ARTICLE]

Fastest Vessel in the World.

The fastest vessel in the world is the torpedo boat destroyer, Boxer, recently built for the British government by the Thornycrofts. She has beaten the records of her three famous sister ships, the Daring. Ardent and Decoy, her mean speed developed during six separate runs being, according to reports, 29.17 knots, and a total distance of 100.6 miles was covered in three hours, an average of 82.5 miles per hour thus being attained.