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	Mountbatten class hovercraft: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The Mountbatten class hovercraft or SR-N4 was built by BHC, the British Hovercraft Corporation.
		BHC had been formed by the merger of Saunders-Roe and Vickers Supermarine in 1966, work on the SR-N4 had begun in 1965 and the first trials had taken place in 1967.
		The SR-N4 was the largest hovercraft built to that date, designed to carry 254 passengers and 30 cars it was 40 m long, weighed 190 tons and was capable of 83 knots and could cruise at over 60 knots.
	www.encyclopedian.com /mo/Mountbatten-class-hovercraft.html (305 words)

	Mountbatten - Definition, explanation
		Mountbatten is the family name adopted by two branches of the Battenberg family due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I.
		The most well-known of Prince Louis' immediate descendants were his youngest son Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and his nephew Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II), the son of Prince Louis' daughter Princess Alice of Battenberg.
		In 1952, on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, there was a fear that certain members of the Mountbatten family wished to change the name of the Windsor dynasty to Mountbatten.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/mo/mountbatten.php (441 words)

	Hovercraft - Wikivisual
		Some hovercraft utilise ducting to allow one engine to perform both tasks by directing some of the air to the skirt, the rest of the air passing out of the back to push the craft forward.
		The first passenger-carrying hovercraft to enter service was the Vickers VA-3, which in the summer of 1962 carried passengers regularly along the North Wales Coast from Moreton, Merseyside to Rhyl.
		The former Soviet Union was one of the first few nations to use a hovercraft, the Bora Hovercraft, in a side-wall configuration, as a guided missile corvette.
	en.wikivisual.com /index.php/Hovercraft (2550 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mountbatten class hovercraft
		The Mountbatten class hovercraft or SR-N4 was built by the British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC).
		The fastest ever crossing of the English Channel by a commercial car-carrying hovercraft was 22 minutes, recorded by the Princess Anne SR-N4 Mk3 on September 14, 1995, for the 10:00 a.m.
		The Royal Navy considered a mine sweeping version of the SRN-4, hovercraft being almost invulnerable to mines, but it never got further than the concept stage, although an SRN-3 was used by the Inter-Service Hovercraft Unit for trials.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Mountbatten_class_hovercraft (643 words)

	Hovercraft
		It was found that the craft’s lift was improved by the addition of a ‘skirt’ of flexible fabric or rubber around the hovering surface, to contain the air.
		The first true passenger-carrying hovercraft was the Vickers VA-3, which in the summer of 1961 carried passengers regularly along the North Wales Coast from Wallasey to Rhyl[?].
		By 1970 the largest British hovercraft were in service, the ‘Mountbatten class’ SR-N4, regularly carrying cars and passengers across the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Hovercraft.html (373 words)

	Hovercraft (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle, is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no substantial contact with it.
		By 1970 the largest British hovercraft were in service, the 'Mountbatten class' SR-N4 model, each powered by four Rolls-Royce Proteus engines, regularly carrying cars and passengers across the English Channel from Dover or Ramsgate to Calais.
		Although developed elsewhere in the world for both civil and military purposes, except for the Solent crossing, hovercraft disappeared from the coastline of Britain until a range of Griffon Hovercraft were bought by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ho/Hovercraft.htm (818 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname Mountbatten (a literal translation of the German Battenberg) for himself and his descendants, and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.
		The current head of the Mountbatten family is Lord George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven and Earl of Medina, Prince Louis I's great-grandson, who was born in London on 6 June, 1961.
		The best-known of Prince Louis I's descendants were his youngest son, Admiral Prince Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and the former's grandson, son of Louis's daughter Princess Alice of Battenberg): Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is now husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Mountbatten (665 words)

	Airfix SRN4 Hovercraft - SR.N4 Mountbatten Class
		Airfix first "tooled" this kit in 1969, the same year that four of these hovercraft went into commercial service on the English Channel.
		Cruising speeds in excess of 60 knots could be comfortably achieved and journey times of 35 minutes were achieved in comparison to about 2 hours by ferry.
		The Hoverlloyd colour scheme shown on the box art work was of the Hovercraft that operated from Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate Kent.
	www.airfixcollector.co.uk /srn4_hovercraft__sr.htm (232 words)

	Hoverline Classic
		Hovercraft as we know them today started life as an experimental design to reduce the drag that was placed on boats and ships as they ploughed through the water.
		The earliest Westland skirts were simply extensions of the inner and outer edges of the peripheral air ducts at the base of the hardstructure, made in two sheets of rubberised fabric and feeding air in to the cushion through the gap that separated the skirts at the hemline.
		Five 200 tonne hovercraft were in competition with fifteen 6,000 tonne ferries of about the same payload capacity, but on average half the hovercraft space was filled compared to about one third of the space on ships.
	www.hoverline.se /english/pioneer-classic.html (7044 words)

	Hovercraft History - The history of hovercraft.
		The word "hovercraft" was probably coined by a newspaper, or even by Christopher Cockerell himself, to try to capture the essence of the vehicle.
		The small or light [a British government definition of under one tonne] hovercraft of today were originally built, some of them by people in the commercial industry, but mainly by people inspired by the concept.
		At the Browndown hovercraft event in 1976, which took place on the 10th anniversary of the first Browndown event, Christopher Cockerell told me of the reluctance of his team to the idea of fitting "a ring of Mackintosh" around the SRN1 after its cross-Channel trip.
	www.hovergame.com /history.html (1880 words)

	魔法英语社区 - 高级综合英语 - 《高级英语》第一册期中试卷 MID-TERM EXAMINATION
		Cockerell's hobby was sailing and he was interested in the problem of reducing the friction of water on the body of a boat, and hit on the idea of designing a boat which would travel on a cushion of air.
		The air cushion under a hovercraft is produced by a large fan which blows air downwards between the craft and the water or ground, and so lifts up the craft.
		Hovercraft are usually driven by airscrews like propellers, which face backwards and "push" the craft forwards, and can be turned to direct the hovercraft.
	www.childeye.com /english/viewthread.php?tid=822 (1769 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Hovercraft on the Isle of Wight, UK - A471412
		Hovercraft are amphibious vehicles which are supported by a cushion of air.
		Hovercraft should not be confused with sidewalls, which are a cross between a catamaran and a hovercraft, where pressurised air is kept between the twin hulls, elevating the vessel and reducing the drag through the water, but preventing it from travelling on land.
		The SR.N4, known as the 'Mountbatten' class, was the world's largest hovercraft, capable of carrying 254 passengers and 30 cars across the channel in half an hour.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A471412 (2817 words)

	HOVERCRAFT
		A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no substantial contact with it.
		In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jean Bertin developed a hovercraft train dubbed the Aérotrain in France.
		Although developed elsewhere in the world for both civil and military purposes, except for the Solent Ryde to Southsea crossing, hovercraft disappeared from the coastline of Britain until a range of Griffon Hovercraft were bought by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
	www.solarnavigator.net /hovercraft.htm (1272 words)

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		The new DiscoverHover hovercraft will be a modular design: the cockpit, the hull or base, the thrust duct and the engine module can be separated for shipping.
		Neoteric hovercraft are recognized as the industry standard for rescue, commercial and recreational personal hovercraft.
		The Neoteric Hovertrek ® is the only hovercraft available with effective brakes, and is the lightest and quietest hovercraft in the industry.
	www.lycos.com /info/hovercraft--world-hovercraft.html (549 words)

	hovercraft
		A Russian Project 1232.2 "Zubr" Class hovercraft, the largest air-cushion warship in the world, unloading vehicles at a beach.
		It was not until 1952 that the British inventor Christopher Cockerell designed a vehicle based on his 'hovercraft principle'.
		He was knighted for his services to engineering in 1969 for his work on the Hovercraft.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Hovercraft.php (1226 words)

	Hoverspeed at AllExperts
		Hoverspeed is notable for its part in developing the Hovercraft, and ran six Mountbatten class hovercraft (SR-N4 craft) and one SEDAM N500 Naviplane.
		Seaspeed were not the first hovercraft service between Dover and Calais, Townsend Car Ferries had operated a passenger only SRN 6 in 1966.
		Although the company ended Hovercraft service, they still retained ownership of the remaining 2 SRN 4 until 2006 when they were sold to a super yacht owner with the intention of using the hovercraft engine as spares for his own Proteus-powered boat.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ho/hoverspeed.htm (2229 words)

	Mountbatten class hovercraft at AllExperts
		The SR-N4 was the largest hovercraft built to that date, designed to carry 254 passengers and 30 cars.
		The first design was 40 m long, weighed 190 tons and was capable of 83 knots and could cruise at over 60 knots.
		There are two remaining Mk3 examples at the Hovercraft Museum.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mo/mountbatten_class_hovercraft.htm (622 words)

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		If the Invincible class had been completed with the flight deck extending all the way to the bow, with space to the side for aircraft parking, and a small island (similar to the old Colossus class carriers perhaps), then they would be much more potent ships.
		The Invincible class were designed with a number of flaws, in part due to the origin of the design, i.e.
		I think the idea of a smaller hovercraft acting as a minehunter is great, notably since it is the kind of project that the UK is quite good at.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/8-6819.aspx (5758 words)

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		The craft was owned by Seaspeed, the hovercraft operating joint venture between British Rail Hovercraft Ltd and SNCF (French railways).
		The hovercraft were replaced by seacats, which could carry nearly twice as many cars and passengers although with a slower crossing time to Calais of 45 minutes.
		The last hovercraft crossing was on Sunday 1 October 2000 and the seacats took over the service the following day.
	www.chez.com /philateliemarine/phil_mar_e/rapido1.htm (557 words)

	SR-N4 Cross Channel Ferry Hovercraft - Kit (ID: 236039)
		The hovercraft's fuel is kerosene, which is the same fuel as an airliner.
		It is the largest hovercraft in the world ever, and in 1978 the Cowes, Isle of Wight workcrew were awarded the 1978 Award for Innovation.
		A ship is the largest in the world with the hovercraft which plies now although it is different for a while.
	www.rcuniverse.com /market/item.cfm?itemId=236039 (665 words)

	Freight Operations - Ferry Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The hovercraft had been patented by Christopher Cockerell in 1955 but it had taken until 1959, when he received financial backing from Saunders Roe, for him to build a craft (the SR.N1) capable of crossing the channel.
		The SR.N4 (Mountbatten class) weighed in at about 200 tons, its propellers are 21 feet across, making them the largest driven propellers in the world, it carried 254 passengers and 30 cars across the channel.
		The small hovercraft used for the service was stretched in increase capacity in 1972 but in 1976 the route was taken over by Hovertravel of Ryde.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /fleabyte/gansg/7-fops/fo-ferry.htm (3979 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Mountbatten class hovercraft"
		Work on the SR-N4 had begun in 1965 and the first trials had took place in early 1968.
		The last of the craft was withdrawn from service in October 2000 and Hoverspeed ceased operations in November, 2005.
		Interestingly the Royal Navy considered a mine sweeping version of the SRN-4, hovercraft being almost invulnerable to mines, but it never got further than the concept stage, although an SRN-3 was used by the Inter-Service Hovercraft Unit for trials.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=mountbatten_class_hovercraft (530 words)

	Dec 2005 \| Magazine \| New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At that time she was classed as a roll on, roll off cargo ship of 4,712 gross tonnage, 126.52 metres length overall, 21.01 metres beam and 5.85 metres draught.
		Their first class of container ships was their A class in 1975/76 of 29,504 gross tonnage, followed by the L class of 30,694 gross tonnage in 1980/81.
		Later designs were their M class of 1988/91 of 52,000 gross tonnage, K class of 1996/97 of 81,000 gross tonnage, S class of 1997/98 of 91,000 gross tonnage and A class of 2003/4 of 93,000 gross tonnage.
	shipmarine.signify.co.nz /newpage17.aspx (11095 words)

	Hovercraft Videos
		Summary: A good all round introduction to the Hovercraft, its inventor and the history of the crafts development.
		It includes scenes of the giant SR.N4 Swift's move from Dover to the Hovercraft.
		See Sir Christopher Cockerell's visit to the Hovercraft Museum on October 6th 1994, and the hovercraft formation flypast which took place on that occasion.
	www.hovercraftmodels.com /store/contents/en-us/d6.html (533 words)

	Fifty Years of Hovercraft: The Tech That Barely Takes Off
		In the '70s, the premier hovercraft in the British fleet was the SRN4 Hovercraft Mountbatten Class.
		It was touted as the largest car-and-passenger hovercraft in the world, capable of carrying 254 passengers and 30 cars.
		In 1993, the already ailing British hovercraft fleet was further crippled when the
	www.wired.com /gadgets/mods/multimedia/2007/08/gallery_hovercraft?slide=5&slideView=2 (115 words)

	Brochure 82
		BHC SRN4 Introductory Pamphlet - James' Hovercraft Site
		Please note that the pictures are high resolution and will take some time to load.
		All pages scanned and sent by Nigel T. If you have come here from a search engine and don't see a navigation bar on the left, please click Here.
	www.jameshovercraft.co.uk /hover/mainpages/bhc_n4.htm (120 words)

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