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Ackermann, Rudolph
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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The official handing over ceremony on the deck of the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970), looking aft and slightly to starboard with the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) loaded, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) mounted on the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) being towed out of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
The official handing over ceremony on the deck of the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970), looking aft and slightly to starboard with the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) loaded, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
A small group of salvagemen at the official handing over ceremony on the deck of the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) with the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) loaded, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
The official handing over ceremony on the deck of the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) with the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) loaded, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
On the starboard side of the deck of the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) looking aft with the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) loaded, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) mounted on the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) being towed out of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
A close view of the port side amidships, taken from ahead of the beam, of the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) on the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the hulk of the steamship Great Britain (1843) on the pontoon Mulus 3 (Fl. 1970) in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. (35mm negative)
Medal cast
Launch of the Great Britain (Print)
Great Britain (Drawing)
The Great Britain Steam Ship (Print)
The Iron Steam Ship Great Britain off Sandy Hook, May 14th 1852 (Print)
The Iron Steam Ship Great Britain, the largest in the world (Print)
The Great Britain steam ship (Print)
The Steam Ship Great Britain... Proprietors Messrs Gibbs & Co... To the People of Great Britain & the United States of America, This plate is respectfully dedicated... (Print)
This Plate of The Great Britain Steam Ship constructed of iron at the Works of the Great Western Steam Ship Company at Bristol... (Print)
Great Britain Built at Bristol 1837-1843...She now lies in Stanley Harbour, Falklands Islands, and is used as a hulk for storing wool (Print)
Great Britain (1843) (Glass plate negative)
SS Great Britain(1843); Passenger vessel; Passenger/cargo vessel (Waterline model; Cutaway model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame)
SS Great Britain 1852 (Drawing)
Nautilus shell
Medal commemorating the SS 'Great Britain' (Medal)
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