Introducing himself as an amateur diver, Bill Smith outlined his ambition to locate Bluebird's crumpled wreckage on the dark, unforgiving bed of Coniston Water in England's North West. If ...

Thousands of pounds has been raised to support a legal challenge over the ownership of Donald Campbell's Bluebird. Coniston's Ruskin Museum said it had started court proceedings against Bill Smith ...

The famous hydroplane was recovered from Coniston waters in 2001 and returned to Ruskin Museum in 2024. Credit: ITV Border. A teenager who has made his own model of the iconic Bluebird hydroplane ...

Last week, I used the term “Old Man Winter” in this column, and it brought to mind a favorite beer that I have never written ...

Bluebird engineer David Aldred to take on world water speed record attempt at Coniston in the Lake District with new hydroplane Longbow.

Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird K7 is to be piloted by the ... Having been recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water 34 years later, it was rebuilt by a team of engineers on Tyneside.

Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, which set seven world water speed records between 1955 and 1967, was recovered from Coniston Water in 2001 and is currently being restored. Two Orpheus engines have ...

The man who helped restore the iconic Bluebird watercraft is hoping to make ... fated high-speed craft which was lost to the bottom of Coniston Water in the Lake District after it somersaulted ...

A pretty picture postcard pub in the Lake District has been named as one of the best in the country and is the perfect place ...

Sir Malcolm Campbell tests the latest version of his boat, Blue Bird K4, which for the first time has been fitted with a jet engine. The setting is Coniston Water in Cumbria. Campbell wasn't happy ...

Featuring a blue dial reminiscent of the Campbell family’s Bluebird cars and boats, the Coniston Auto CN7 has a 41mm case diameter and is 11.1mm deep with a 20mm strap. It features a dual ...