On July 19, 1843, the SS Great Britain was launched as the largest, most advanced ship in the world. How? It was the first to ...

History; SS Great Britain; SS Great Britain anniversary: The road home wasn't all plain sailing The history of Brunel’s great ship over the last 50 years is not a tale of steady and serene progress.

The ss Great Britain has been slowly restored back to her former glory in Bristol’s docks. ... Her dramatic history of highs and lows, of success and failure, continues to this day.

Road Trip 2011: In Bristol, England, the SS Great Britain is a reminder of a transformational age when, for the first time, sailing across oceans became an attractive thing for the rich to do. And ...

The SS Great Britain is a mature institution, with resources and time to figure out how it wishes to proceed. For smaller, and other, museums wishing to ride the tech wave to success, life is ...

The SS Great Britain is set to enter a “bold new chapter” as the attraction undergoes a £1 million transformation in the new year. The project, which will involve a “complete re-imagining ...

The home of Sir Jack Hayward - who paid for the ss Great Britain's return to Britsol in 1970 - in the Bahamas. I was used to covering Swindon and Trowbridge.

There were some tricky moments as salvage experts brought the ss Great Britain back from the Falkland Islands in July 1970. With only inches to spare, the ship was returned to the Jefferies Dock ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain brought to life by a host of Dickensian characters Swindlers, rat catchers, coppers and urchins crowd Bristol quayside for experience by living history ...

Until September 4, visitors who climb aboard will taste historic 19th-century recipes from Mumbai, Cape Town and Crimea - discovering how the SS Great Britain connected people and places around ...