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The Salvage of the Great Britain
Falkland Islands 1970

File number: ssbw0020

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

Bob Light from Risdon Beazley bolting down a steel plate across the top of the starboard crack to strengthen the ship before it was floated. When the hull settled on the Mulus III pontoon and was raised, the crack closed and this huge plate buckled. The plate was then cut through before the tow home.

 

 

 

 
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