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The SS Great Britain Story
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The History Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: N4QLE53
EAN: 9780752456041
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Beschreibung
The SS Great Britain Story. is a concise account of one of the most famous steamships ever built. The great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel embraced the latest innovations, including an iron hull and a screw-propeller, to create an ocean liner that was decades ahead of its time. Launched by Prince Albert in 1843, the SS Great Britain was nearly lost three years later when she ran aground in Dundrum Bay, Ireland. Fortunately she weathered the winter storms and went on to enjoy a long and checkered career. She spent many years transporting emigrants to Australia, served as a cargo vessel, and almost ended her days stranded on the Falkland Islands. Following an incredible rescue mission in the 1970s, fully documented here, she was returned to dry-dock in Bristol, where she was originally built, and is now the centerpiece of a fascinating and ongoing restoration project.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- John Christopher
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 128