Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Endurance (A171) assists with survey of SS Great Britain hulk at Sparrow Cove, Falkland Islands, 1968.
Пікірлер: 31
@johnwright2912 жыл бұрын
I used to own a 90 foot long tugboat that was built in 1919. I bought it from gulf oil in Houston texas who had maintained it very well. The boat is still working at 103 years old. Iron boats last practically for ever.
@angelsone-five79122 жыл бұрын
The great thing about iron is that though it may not have the strength of steel it doesn`t rot away like steel when introduced to water.
@SeverEnergia Жыл бұрын
How does one get into tugboats?
@johnwright291 Жыл бұрын
@@SeverEnergia i was born into it. My fathers half brother who was 24 years older than him went to work at foss tug and barge CO. In 1928. If your from the west coast you would know foss as its the largest tug out fit. My father went to work for foss in 1950 at the age of 17. Also my uncle married the niece of foss founder henery foss. My dad bought an old tug from foss that was built of wood in 1912 but repowerd with a heavy duty low RPM diesel in 1942. After he had worked at foss for 25 years they wanted to give his harbor job to someone with less seniority and have him work on an ocean going tug. He said no way and with the tug he had bought and restored 6 years earlier decided to use it to go into business for him self and found a barge to buy and we worked in southeast Alaska hauling logging equipment for 3 years and then we went back to tacoma and started taking jobs from foss mainly hauling sand and gravel for a concrete mixing plant and it grew from there to 6 tugs and a 12 thousand barrel petroleum barge. Its a long story but it ended up going bankrupt and now at 66 i live on a small social security check. We went to work in Alaska when i was one year out of high school so it was about the only thing I ever did. I regret nothing it was a magnificent experience.
@bellerophonchallen88612 жыл бұрын
How close we came to losing this iconic, historic ship.
@xx64892 жыл бұрын
And now look at her. Three resounding cheers for the men who saved her. Hip hip.......
@seanmcardle2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an undertaking
@davidmichaels8934 Жыл бұрын
I recall reading about the efforts to bring back to Bristol, and eventually it was achieved by securing the ship onto a raft, and towing to Bristol, that was in 1971,and we had the opportunity of seeing the ship, in her dock, the public were actually viewing the ship, but it looked very unsafe, so we just viewed from the dockside.
@mh53j2 жыл бұрын
Studied the Falklands War for almost 40 years now, but never heard this story. Of all the places she could have been left to rot.... Quite a feat to have brought her home to be refitted and put on display. RFA Sir Tristram brought back in a similar manner after being severely damaged during the war with Argentina.
@johndavey722 жыл бұрын
That was very interesting and would enjoyed seeing more .
@paddyodriscoll86482 жыл бұрын
It’s good to know how that turned out.
@kevelliott2 жыл бұрын
The irony is strong!
@richardclarke39242 жыл бұрын
Seeing that film today is amazing. Grew up 150 miles from Bristol (Stoke on Trent) and remember coming down to the South West as a Boy Scout and being taken around the SS Great Britain a few years after she had been brought home. I thought then, how dangerous it was, as it has so many holes in it. Forty years later I live in Bristol and see her everyday, fortunately a lot from ^he water as I row in the local gig crew. For those who have any interest in her, seeing her in this film and seeing her now shows the commitment and vision of a dedicated group as she is magnificent now.
@tonykennedy84832 жыл бұрын
@@richardclarke3924 I visited her a few days ago. I had no idea she'd been abandoned in the Falklands and the story of her recovery and refurb is superb
@phe92382 жыл бұрын
What a journey! 👌👍🙏
@waterjumper9 жыл бұрын
Great find,many thanks
@alanelesstravelled82182 жыл бұрын
Only one of those two ships still exists.
@connormclernon262 жыл бұрын
And it isn’t the newer one
@citizenphaid18802 жыл бұрын
Funny to think this was just 23 years after ww2
@1258-Eckhart2 жыл бұрын
Why?
@mdrocks78422 жыл бұрын
and 14 years before the falklands war
@simonf89022 жыл бұрын
The moderner of the 2 ships seen here, will have been scrapped. Ironic.
@longbar23442 жыл бұрын
thought it was the lady Elizabeth in Stanley bay?
@Dave_Sisson2 жыл бұрын
Lady Liz is still there, although the Falklands Government declaired it unsafe some years ago, so people can't climb over it any more.
@southerneruk2 жыл бұрын
Ah, it's A171 & 1/2 or Please mr postman
@apache167899 жыл бұрын
So what happened? Where is SS Great Britain now? Has she been restored?
@LSTWTF9 жыл бұрын
She was returned to Bristol (UK) and restored in the same dry dock in which she was built and has remained there ever since.
@apache167899 жыл бұрын
LSTWTF Happy ending! Have you got vids about the middle bit - between the Endurance survey and No 1 dress in Bristol?