the Redhead
To find Redhead at the museum: from within the shop, take the door to the left, head straight down towards the bay windows, turn right and she's directly in front of you
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Redhead made powerboating history when on 22 February 1953 she became the first in Australasia to travel at more than 100mph. Owned by Sir Leonard Southward and powered by a 1450hp Allison V12 engine, she subsequently held most of Australasia’s major water speed trophies for most of the 1950’s.
Her career came to an end in Picton in 1959 when competing in the Masport Cup, a buckled propeller shaft ripped a hole in her hull and she sank in front of a crowd of several thousand people.
She is now displayed in the Southward Car Museum, as she was when she was lifted out of the water.
To find Redhead at the museum: from within the shop, take the door to the left, head straight down towards the bay windows, turn right and she's directly in front of you