Harmsworth Cup

It was founded by the newspaper publisher Alfred Charles William Harmsworth (later Lord Northcliffe) in 1903.

It was a poorly organised affair, with many boats failing even to start due to the British organisers claiming the French boats were not completely built in France, and thus they were excluded from the race.

Mr F Beadel was excluded from competing in the final despite putting in a better time over the 8+1⁄2-mile course than Thornycroft[2][3] England won the trophy in 1903 with Dorothy Levitt driving a Napier-powered, 40-foot steel-hulled boat at 19.53 mph at Queenstown in Cork harbour.

It was owned and entered by Selwyn Edge a director of Napier Motors.

[7] In 1989 it was awarded to Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco.