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SS Great Britain Enthusiasts' Manual
An insight into the design, construction and operation of Brunel's famous passenger ship
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The SS Great Britain was a world first when she was launched in Bristol in 1843. This uniquely successful passenger ship design brought together the leading technologies of the day in a way which transformed world travel.
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New in paperback. Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain Enthusiasts' Manual was a world first when she was launched at Bristol in 1843.
This uniquely successful passenger ship design brought together the leading technologies of the day, such as the screw propeller, iron hull, and a 1,000hp steam engine, to transform world travel. She was a successful ship and continued sailing until 1886, travelling 32 times around the world and nearly one million miles at sea.
The SS Great Britain was finally abandoned in the Falkland Islands in 1937, but in 1970 an ambitious salvage effort brought her home to Bristol, where today she is conserved.
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ISBN: 9781785211720
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 February 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Edition: New edition
Illustration: 300 Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 565g
Pages: 160
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Brian Lavery is a Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy. He is widely published and a winner of the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award (2007) and the Society for Nautical Res
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