Vincent Black Knight Vincent Black Knight The Vincent Black Knight is a British motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by Vincent Motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955, Vincent produced the enclosed range of "Black Knight" and "Black Prince". Known as the 'Series D', the Black Knight was an upgraded Vincent Rapide which was fully enclosed to keep the rain and dirt from the rider. As well as allowing Vincent to reduce production costs, the enclosure actually improved performance by directing more air to the rear cylinder. Phil Vincent described it as a 'two-wheeled Bentley' and the enclosed Vincents got a
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