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SS Great Eastern
The SS Great Eastern was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in June 1860. At the time, it was by far the largest passenger ship ever built, a record...
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SS Great Britain
The SS Great Britain was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in May 1845. It was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time and showed...
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SS Great Eastern
An illustration by Charles Parsons showing the steam-powered SS Great Eastern. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) and completed in 1858. It was the largest ship in the world at 211 metres (692 ft) long. Great Eastern could...
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SS Jacket
An SS service dress jacket with white metal buttons and Nazi armband. (Imperial War Museums)
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SS Great Eastern Laying a Telegraph Cable
A colour print of an illustration by Robert Charles Dudley showing the SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable in 1865-7. The steamship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the...
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SS Storstad Damaged from Collision with Empress of Ireland
The Norwegian collier SS Storstad showing damage sustained in collision with RMS Empress of Ireland on 29 May 1914. The Storstad struck the Empress amidships cutting a 16-foot gash in her hull and sinking her in under fourteen minutes.
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SS Great Britain Run Aground
A painting showing the steamship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) after it ran aground in Dundrum Bay in Ireland in 1846. (Science and Society Picture Library)
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SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain, a museum ship and former passenger steamship now located in Bristol. It was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. Made by Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between...
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SS Waffen Panzer Das Reich Division
This photo, taken by Friedrich Zschäckel in April 1943, shows a Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank of the Waffen Panzer das Reich division, then led by Gruppenführer Walter Krüger (1890- 945), while on the Eastern Front during the Second World...
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SS-Sturmbannführer Helmut Kämpfe
Helmut Kämpfe (31 july 1909-10 june 1944) was a German officer (Sturmbannführer) in the Waffen SS during the Second World War (1939-1945). He was captured on 9 June while driving alone ahead of his men near the town of Sauviat-sur-Vige, near...
