Vincent Black Shadow high temperatures at the track that year. Big-end failures put an early end to the attempt but several records were achieved including the 6 Hours and 1000 Kilometres by a Black Shadow. One of the spare engines for the run at Montlhéry wound up in Vietnam. It was sold to an owner in the United States, who installed it in a Rapide frame. The bike changed hands several times before being bought by Herb Harris and restored to Black Shadow specifications. Vincent Black Shadow Motorcycles produced by Vincent H·R·D at their factory in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England were renowned for their
HMS Black Prince (81) Prince" was reduced to extended 3rd class reserve, and used as an accommodation ship for refitting warships and spare part source for s 1960-1 refit, before reverting to Royal Navy control, for disposal, in line with its loan terms. She was sold for scrap in March 1962 and towed from Auckland on 5 April to the Mitsui & Company, Osaka breakage yards, Japan, by the tug , arriving there on 2 May 1962. HMS Black Prince (81) HMS "Black Prince was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, of the "Bellona" subgroup. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served