I visited her as a schoolboy in the early 70s. I was 10 years old then. 50 years later her restoration is magnificent and I am beggining to look like an old wreck. Life has a funny way of giving and taking.
I was there in 2017 and what impressed me most was the brilliantly conceived water level ie glass plates with water in between, making the ship look as if it was on the water. and also the fact that you could inspect the hull
The ''Engines' and other large Parts, are mock-up's, made to Brunels drawings, by the Apprentices of the Bristol Aero Company (not sure WHAT they call themselves these days) and driven by electric motors. A fantastic sight, and what a size.
After all those years sitting in the muck and filth on the bottom in the Falklands... she was picked up off the bottom and brought back home... and now look; she's gorgeous... the classic black hull with the white stripe and false gun deck... and with the clipper bow, gilded foc'sle and stern... she looks like she's moving fast while standing still. Visiting her is on my bucket list before I die.
What a wonderful video, I had heard of the Great Eastern ship, but this the first time I've heard of this ship. Bravo to the folks who have restored her!
Brunel started with the ''Great Western'' a Steam Paddle and Sail ship, then the SS Great Britain, then the greatest of all, the Monster--''Great Eastern''.
If I should ever be able to come to the U.K. ,this would be an absolute must see for me. A beautiful ship,great restoration,and some impressive engineering of the ''water ceiling'' protecting the hull.
Come visit the lake district as well, we have some good steam railways, even the ravenglass and eskdale railway, they're better than American trains when it comes to beauty and elegance.
breath taking restoration.... As only the British can do... the idea to preserve the ship out of the water, in a dry dock is the only viable way to save ships in the long run... the glass water adds realism & shelter for those parts below the water line. Those museum ships kept in the water inevitable succumb to rust...sooner or later... The narrator has a distinct & clear voice
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, that His Ship sailed under, when returning, wasn't built when the ship first left, via the Avon River. There are many creations of Brunels still scattered around Britain.
Brunels Museum alongside the ship, is the best in the world, with amazing personal items, and they recreated his drawing office too, with his original tools on display.
If only, my all-time favourite ocean-going MONSTER. BRUNEL--great engineer, poor businessman. The leaps he made, were far too ahead of it's time, and the huge back-up needs, and servicing of the ocean travelling public too. Still, it had to start somewhere.
I took my three children aged 12,9 and 8 to Bristol to see the SS GB. After a very happy 40 mins or so and when we were at the stern looking at the props (kind of the point) I asked them if they had been taught about Isambard Kingdom Brunel or even heard of him. We all know what the answer is: I was quietly appalled yet so glad that we had made the three hour trip.
yep---that's marxist lefty-Lib, deliberate brainwashing of the young for you. Our 'education' system is destroying the GREAT history or our GREAT country.
@@MrDaiseymay As an update...the four accused of criminal damage of the Colston Statue in Bristol...were found "not guilty". So, it's OK now for anyone to commit Wilful Damage of public property....... That's the world we now live in. Law & Order? Forget it. Anarchy Rules, UK.
Part of the ship is still in Port Stanley, On the shore there is one of SS Great Britain Mast. Nice to see the work that's been done on this ship. She is a VIP in the mariners world of shipping
They did a great job re building the interior and even the engines as the ship salvaged from the faulklands was just the hull, absolutley none of the interior not even its decks remained, i dont know if it was a 100% accurate copy of the interior from origonal blue prints but i did notice the masts on the exterior were alot thinner and smaller than the origonals which were tge biggest ever made for a sailing ship, they were cut in half when being salvaged from the faulklands by the German salvage company! Im glad the UK saved this piece of history as most countrys would have let her rot, however its Brunnels design using steel that gave her enough time to be saved, if it had just been wood then she would have either rotted away or broken up for salvage decades ago, being too big and made from steel is what acually saved her all those years stranded
She was made of IRON. The masts are the same height, but ,as you say, thinner, probably because they are made of Harder wood ? Also, the originals look to be composite, with much planking around them to strengthem them.
@@MrDaiseymay I think too, that the restorers reasoned that the masts could be thinner and possibly of oak because there would never be sails raised to stress them. Also, a harder wood would last much longer into her future life. Interesting fact: The masts, even on wooden sailing ships, would invariably be made of spruce or pine, whilst the hull would be of stronger, harder wood like oak. Why? Because: 1) Spruce & pine are lighter in weight, thus reducing the vessels "top-heaviness" & therefore "rolling" of the vessel.. 2) Spruce & pine will creak and groan before they actually fail....giving the crew due warning..... Harder woods would simply snap without such warning, possibly causing catastrophic consequences. 3) The natural "straight" growth of spruce & pine.... makes making a mast a whole lot easier! Take your pick. 👍
Wundervoll - dieses Schiff ist eine Sensation! Wir haben vor zwei Monaten dieses Schiff besichtigt und wir waren begeistert! Eine tolle Leistung, dieses Schiff zu retten. Grüße aus Düsseldorf/Germany.
Inside toilets, wow, no going forwards to the heads then. I'm glad they restored the steam power plant, or did they? They kept showing what appears to be a paddle wheel. Impressive menu indeed for first class. I'm so glad such wonders are kept and restored.
This ship was made to transport people. It was before "vacation cruises" were invented. She is also relatively small, even if she was the largest ship of her time. The journeys must have been a little bumpy during storms.
900 passengers were mentioned, I think the interior had been modelled on the ship as it was for the Australian route. It had half the passengers for the Atlantic route and was described as a luxury ship so the cabins would have been larger I presume and better fitted out.
@@DanielCPurdy That's absolutely true.......there are many examples in museums etc that make that obvious: shoe & dress sizes. But of course....this was all before McDonald's & KFC came on the scene!
Lovely put together video, I saw the ship last year, I was very impressed with the restoration and the Brunel's museum there to. I made a small vlog also but not a patch on yours. Please give it a look, also done the Clifton suspension bridge to.
12:22-Maybe your of the direct acting type. But seriously, this guy seems like he's trying to sound enthusiastic about this, while trying to hide that he's done with this. Someone pls help him.
This would be a must see if I ever get "over there"! BTW, she is described as propeller driven, however with the description of the engines, very large paddlewheels are shown, similar to Great Western.
May I presume to.plan your itinerary ? Fly into Heathrow. Hire a car and drive to Bristol(it's two hours) on the way in you will pass under the Clifton suspension bridge. Stay in Bristol, it's nice, the harbours bars and restaurants are worth spending a night out at. and it's cheaper and nicer than London. Go to the SS Great Britain. It's very good, Oh I forgot, the Mathew a reconstruction of Cabot's ship is often at Bristol harbour. Personally I would go across to Wales and visit Chepstow Castle, it's picturesque and only one hour away and you get to cross another bridge. You may as well get some lunch somewhere in the Wye valley, maybe see Tinturn abbey, the countryside is nice, winding rivers and probably more green than your used to or if you like books perhaps Hay on Wye would suit. Stay the night somewhere. Choose which way you wish to go. West into Wales, Cardiff, Cardigan bay, Snowdonia, Anglesey etc. North into the Midlands, free museums galore, Shakespeare and all that, and if you get lost and end up in Birmingham Sarhole mill is a hidden gem (it's where Tolkien wrote that Hobbity book). Or you could cross the bridge and head south. It don't really matter which way you go, there's interesting things everywhere but I would give a special mention the the shuttle worth collection at biggleswade, Bedfordshire, Bath is worth seeing, esp the Roman baths, and if you like Georgian architecture. Neolithic sites, castles, museums, cathedral's etc, etc there's loads. There's bigger, better of all of these things on the continent France,Italy,Spain etc, but in Britain they are all so close together and so many. London is NOT Britain.
He is in Britain, and particularly in Bristol. Many of his greatest creations and ides were formed here. There's a recently opened new Museum ,entirely of original and personal Brunel articles; a fantastic visit.
It's a little disappointing that they couldn't repair the bottom of the ship especially with today's technology such a shame as the top half is so beautiful
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7F6aDdHPJfI.html I think you will like this, and it explains a lot about why complete restoration wasn't feasible.
The hull is the only original part everything else is new and has never been used, if they would have repaired or replaced the hull then the entire ship would have just been a replica! A very expensive replica with no original parts, the whole reason this ship is famous is due to its design by Brunnel and it being the first ship built from steel, theres nothing inovative or special about the interior
As others have said, Michael....the original ship's hull could have been replaced...as is possible with today's technology: But, we don't want a mere replica. This is the Real Deal. (Replicas? That's for Disney Land & Las Vegas aficionados)
Been round Great Britain twice, once not longer after she returned and made an exhibit, more recently about 4 years ago. The cabins are tiny. Ive a bigger broom cupboard! The 3rd class was just like racking and bunk beds!
A maritime museum is all it is today. She will never set sail again. Better a museum relic back home in England rather than a rusted hulk junk pile in the Falklands.
Well I think that it good that they could save there's been a lot of it restored and from what I've seen on the videos it looks good but what I do not understand that if that much of the ship can be restored why not the rest of the ship be restored as well I've been restoring old cars truck and tractor and more all may life so I think I can judge as to weather something can be restored or not and from what I can see on the videos in my judgment it looks like the bottom could be restored from what I can see they took the s cheep way and ez way out so I know that it would take time and money to restore the bottom of the ship but I think it would be worth the time as well as the money to do. And that someone could take it on themselves to do so it would be great to see the ship back in the water once again sailing as it could and as I sail I believe that this could be done
You have to take into consideration the age of this ship and it is mostly wrought iron. Metal fatigue would prevent it ever being subjected to the stresses of sea travel unless it was not so much restored but the hull completely replaced. As it is,this is still a monument to the past and the talent of that age to create something that not only did its job, but looked beautiful doing it, something that today is often overlooked.
I strongly doubt by that theme in history that would be doing something as ridiculous as building square boilers even at 5psi. They may have been in a square well looks square boiler casing. They knew enough by Brunel’s time that a cylindrical boiler shell was the only thing that could maintain its shape as except for the ends (most likely using tie rods to withstand the pressure. I do know that 5psi isn’t much on the scheme of things) the cylinder has equal pressure acting on it. So please I hope you don’t continue to disseminate false information.
No when you replace the rusted metal you put back the new metal the same way it was first done so in the end she will be the same as before art to detailes and it will loose nothing just be new again the ship is made of metal metel van airway be replaced and restored I know this is true as I've been doing restoring all my life and I've seen meany very badly rust cars trucks ECT that you would think that were to fare gone and I've seen then to came back again so if someone wanted to bad enuff this ship could be restored and came back again. Us it wouldn't be ez but it could be done
John. Could you edit this to English? You know, clean up the misspellings, trying to be coherent and using punctuation. Also, Et Cetera is abbreviated as ETC.
