The SS Great Britain Story

John Christopher (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2011
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-5604-1 (ISBN)

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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 chequered 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 centrepiece of a fascinating and ongoing restoration project.

John Christopher is a life-long transport enthusiast, an author, and a balloon pilot. He is currently involved in Airship Initiatives, which is bringing a Zeppelin airship to the UK for pleasure trips. He is the author of Balloons at War, Brunel's Kingdom, and The Tornado Story.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	The Story Series
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 235 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7524-5604-0 / 0752456040
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-5604-1 / 9780752456041
Zustand	Neuware