Hundreds of men were trapped on board when the ship sank in the Solent, a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great ...
For over 30 years, divers have visited the wreck and wondered about its history. What ship is this? How old is it? How did it sink? Intrigued, a team of underwater archaeologists ...
The SS Great Britain, designed by the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was the largest and most powerful ship of her age when launched in 1843.The first propeller-driven iron ship to cross ...
This chilling documentary tells how, in 1947, the British Government brought an entire division of the wartime Waffen SS - 8,000 Ukrainians - to Britain. Assured by the men that they had committed ...
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The scans of the ship have now been compiled to create new 3D images of the ruins that show the wreck in stunning detail, as the site explains: The new 3D scan was made using underwater robots ...
The USS Constitution, RMS Titanic, and SS Great Britain are among the most famous ships in history. In addition to their historical significance, all three share a common detail—their names begin with ...
Post-1945, Britain quickly relinquished its status as the world's largest imperial power, but it was the massive cultural and social changes at home that truly transformed British society.
Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history - the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze ...
The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...
SS Great Britain was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. She was the longest passenger ship in the ...