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A recent popular poll placed Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the second Greatest Briton of all time, second after Sir Winston Churchill. He was without doubt Britain’s greatest engineer, and of all the legacies he left to the world, one of his greatest was the SS Great Britain.
Mar 3, 2021 · The SS Great Britain was a passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel: she was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic. Today, she is a museum ship residing on the harbourside in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Brunel’s SS Great Britain is one of the most important historic ships in the world. When she was launched in 1843, she was called ‘the greatest experiment since the creation’. No one had ever designed so vast a ship, nor had the vision to build it of iron.
May 20, 2020 · West Country. Bristol. Wednesday 20 May 2020, 2:29pm. The ss Great Britain clocked up more than one million miles at sea across 80 years. 1843. Prince Albert launches Brunel’s iron ship into...
Jul 4, 2010 · By Andrew Bomford. Broadcasting House, BBC Radio 4. After 37 years sitting on the seabed in the Falklands, the SS Great Britain was brought back home to Bristol in 1970. Exactly 40 years...
The Ship - SS Great Britain. Permanent. Free with admission. BUY TICKETS. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of life onboard! Sitting proudly on her glass ‘sea’, Brunel’s SS Great Britain dominates Bristol’s historic waterfront.
Aug 11, 2021 · The SS Great Britain has been in one place since she returned to her home city of Bristol after being salvaged in 1970. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship was the first iron-built...
