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.
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 1970, fully documented here, she was returned to the dry dock in Bristol where she was originally built. Well-illustrated and compact, this book makes a great little gift.
Hardcover
128 pages
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 978-0752456041