Brunel’s SS Great Britain is preparing to welcome fearless adventurers of all ages for its most thrilling Halloween celebration to date.

Once the pride of the seas, the SS United States now drifts toward her end. Her story is one of brilliance, ambition, and the slow fading of a nation’s confidence.

Among their finds were tableware, tools, almonds, sailor's sandals and even spear points in the hull – possible evidence that the ship sank in an attack. The ship and many of the artefacts she carried ...