It was adopted for use by the oil and construction industries, as well as military use, and could carry three tons at 50 miles per hour. It was a high-speed 'flat-hulled fiberglass landing craft that could deliver cargo where no harbor or jetty was available.' Īccording to Wired Magazine and Dyson, it was described as a 'Welsh dresser on water,' with Dyson saying he learned not to prioritize conventional appearances with his projects, as 'what it did, it did rather well.' The craft was manufactured by Rotork Marine in Bath, England. It happened to be the first engineering project for Dyson of the Dyson company, as he had not even learned welding before. Dyson used the Sea Truck as part of his final year's project at the Royal College of Art. Jeremy Fry was co-designer, along with Dyson, who was working at Rotork at the time. The vehicle was designed by the design team at Smallfry led by designer Tim Fry and Anthony Smallhorn with input from James Dyson while he was a student in the 1970s, as part of his final year's project at the Royal College of Art. They were designed by the design team at Smallfry in the 1970s. Made from fibreglass, they may be used to land vehicles without jetties or harbour facilities. The Rotork Sea Truck is a flat-hulled, high-speed watercraft, similar to a small landing craft.
