Boats - Sailing - Ships
1970 - Famous Iron Ship's Last Voyage: The hulk of the first Ocean-going screw-driven iron ship, the S.S. Great Britain, is now is to be towed on a 2, 667-ton pontoon across thousands of miles of ocean to her home port of Bristol. The S.S. Great Britain was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the famous British engineer, and launched in 1843. Photo Shows Men from the German deep-sea tug Varius, which towed the pontoon to the Falkland Islande - going aboard the S.S. Great Britain
Picture No
13272172
Media ID
47044782
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4459px x 5517px
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Credit
(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
Source
Keystone Pictures USA
