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Dowty Turbocraft
Dowty Marine, Ltd.
Dowty Equipment of Canada, Ltd.
Bill Hamilton of Christchurch, New Zealand and secured the manufacturing rights to the C. W. F. Hamilton Company Limited's propulsion unit. Dowty engaged Norris Brothers engineering firm to design a water jet pump using the Hamilton's patent. Hugh Standing was the engineer to design the unit, Peter Milne the hull of the fiberglass boat (Bluebird CN7: The Inside Story of Donald Campbell's Last Land Speed Record Car)