SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES

 

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

File number: ssba0487

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

The Great Britain was finally moved above the pontoon on the 13 April 1970, 33 years to the day that she had been beached in Sparrow Cove. Pumps were still running inside the hull to prevent it flooding.

 

 

 

 

 


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