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Finally got aboard Brunel's SS Great Britain, like many of his projects innovative and ground breaking in design and concept.
The biggest surprise to me having only ever passed by it on the river is that it actually sits in a dry dock with its hull continually bathed in dry air to minimise the rusting of the hull. The dry dock is roofed in glass and covered by a few inches of water so that the ship looks as if it is docked,
Mechanics
The passengers must have been short and skinny to fit in these bunks
Originally built for 120 crew and 360 passengers it was later reconfigured to carry 730 and was only 322 feet long (98m). The smallest cruise ship I've travelled on was 176m and carried 650 passengers and 250 crew.
Finally got aboard Brunel's SS Great Britain, like many of his projects innovative and ground breaking in design and concept.
The biggest surprise to me having only ever passed by it on the river is that it actually sits in a dry dock with its hull continually bathed in dry air to minimise the rusting of the hull. The dry dock is roofed in glass and covered by a few inches of water so that the ship looks as if it is docked,
Mechanics
The passengers must have been short and skinny to fit in these bunks
Originally built for 120 crew and 360 passengers it was later reconfigured to carry 730 and was only 322 feet long (98m). The smallest cruise ship I've travelled on was 176m and carried 650 passengers and 250 crew.
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