When a British daredevil attempted a rocket-powered speed record on Loch Ness

Crusader is towed out on Loch Ness.Image: Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn the 1930s and 1940s, British motorist John Cobb smashed a number of land speed records.After achieving a world-record speed of 394.19 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1947, Cobb sets his sights on the water.To design a vehicle capable of setting a water speed record, Cobb turned to engineer Reid Railton, who had crafted the streamlined Railton Mobil Special which conquered Bonneville