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The Salvage of the Great Britain
Falkland Islands 1969

File number: ssab0104

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

By 1969 the wood weather deck of the Great Britain fitted in 1882 was very decayed and dangerous to walk over. A slip meant a sudden plunge into the water-filled hull many feet below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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