SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES

 

The Salvage of the SS Great Britain
Falkland Islands 1969 - 1970

File number: ssba0290

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

Removing the mizzen mast did not go exactly to plan. It had been hoped to lift the mast out in its entirety but it broke as it was being lifted and crashed into the deckhouse. It was then lowered onto the main deck and today is part of a monument to the salvage in Port Stanley.

 

 

 

 

 


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