The SS Great Britain, designed by the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was the largest ... forced to take shelter in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Too expensive to repair, she was ...

Launched in 1843, the SS Great Britain was designed by celebrated Bristol engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great ... Britain was condemned in the Falklands in 1886 and purchased by the ...

A memorial window was erected in Westminster Abbey in 1868 to commemorate the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Originally sited ... as the largest one of its day, SS Great Western, the iron ...

A new topmast has been fitted to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s famous steam ship the SS Great Britain ... The ship was rescued from the Falkland Islands in 1970 and brought home to Bristol, where ...

before explaining how Brunel was the engineer behind three large ships, the SS Great Western, The SS Great Eastern and the SS Great Britain. This short film is from the BBC series, The Victorians.

There is another BBC Teach video on Brunel, which complements this one, particularly in the final section describing the SS Great Britain. Any classroom follow-up will provide an opportunity for ...

This week should have seen celebrations to mark 50 years since Isambard Kingdom Brunel ... Falkland Islands, it was greeted by 100,000 people. Matthew Tanner, chief executive of the SS Great ...

Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands shows how Argentina could successfully use diplomacy to pry the Falkland Islands from Britain, the country's rightwing leader has claimed. More than 40 years ...

Sir Keir Starmer has finally pledged that the Falklands “will remain British” under his premiership. The Prime Minister told ...

A new agreement between Argentina and Britain regarding the Falkland Islands has sparked fresh tensions between the two nations. The deal includes resuming a key weekly flight route between São ...

The Falkland Islands is poised to approve a vast oil field in its waters in a diplomatic challenge to the UK and the Energy ...

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