SS Great Britain was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. She was the longest passenger ship in the ...
Brunel, who designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol and the world's first iron ship the SS Great Britain, built the engine shed for the for the Great Western Railway in 1854. It was High ...
And he did it by building three ships including the first steel hold, steam engined, propellor-powered ship, the SS Great Britain which you can still visit in Bristol Harbour today. Now building ...
The SS United States — a luxury ocean liner built in the 1950s — was planned to be used as a Cold War transport ship for troops and now will become part of the world’s largest artificial reef off ...
An exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the salvage of the SS Great Britain and featuring film footage and original items as well as a wide range of photographs is now open at the Britannia ...
In just a few days, the SS United States will set sail for its final voyage down south, where it will be sunk as an ...
Krupp worked on a larger, improved design—the Karp class—powered by a gasoline engine on the surface ... efforts of Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher, Great Britain had the world's largest submarine ...
The fire service were called just before 13:00 GMT on Friday A fire broke out onboard the ss Great Britain on Friday morning. The museum confirmed that smoke was detected while "essential welding ...
SS Great Britain’s Director Matthew Tanner MBE commented: “We are delighted to be launching ‘The Incredible Journey’ oral history project as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations for ...
This chilling documentary tells how, in 1947, the British Government brought an entire division of the wartime Waffen SS - 8,000 Ukrainians - to Britain. Assured by the men that they had committed ...
While on sea trials, the spanking new U.S. Navy Squalus, SS-192, sank in 240 feet of water ... waged was that the 1943 ship production of Great Britain and the U.S. together would be less than ...