To: TheOldLady
It does look a bit like Ireland doesnt it!
Its the SS Great Britain, sat in the dry dock where it was built by Brunel in 1843.
IIRC the first ship to do the trans-Atlantic run on coal only, and arrive with fuel left in the hold, as well as the Australian route. In service for 43 years. The first large ship to be driven by a screw propeller.
It returned home in 1970, packed out with old mattresses.
The hull is like a sieve, and so the lower half of the hull is in a climate controlled cocoon.
Located in Bristol, (west coast.)
365 posted on
04/04/2012 1:09:55 PM PDT by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: moose07
Thank you, Moose. It’s nice to know that about the ship. Lots of records broken there, so it’s probably happy to be resting at last.
459 posted on
04/04/2012 4:51:29 PM PDT by
TheOldLady
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