View of repaired 1937 scuttling holes along the starboard side of Brunel's SS Great Britain in dry dock, Bristol Docks, UK.
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Maurice Savage / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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2415 x 3624 px | 20.4 x 30.7 cm | 8.1 x 12.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
18 April 2011Location:
Great Western Dockyard, Bristol BS1 6TY, UKMore information:
Note beside this point: "The Scuttling Holes: This row of holes was struck throught the ship's bottom in 1937 in order to make her sink. She was sunk - or scuttled - in Sparrow Cove, in the Falkland Islands, when she was abandoned in 1937." "The next steamship that Brunel built in Bristol was the ss Great Britain.At the time of her launch in 1843 she was by far the largest ship in the world, over 100 feet longer than her rivals, and the first screw propelled, ocean-going, wrought iron ship. She was designed initially for the Trans-Atlantic luxury passenger trade, and could carry 252 first and second class passengers and 130 crew. She is widely recognised as one of the technological fore-runners of much modern shipping and exemplifies the industry and inventiveness of the Victorian era, while symbolising the birth of international passenger travel and world communications." www.ssgreatbritain.org