Ss Great Britain Socks

Description: A circular emblem with a blue outer ring and a white border. Inside, a white anchor is superimposed over a Union Jack flag design with a black band at the top. Text around the emblem reads "S.S. GREAT BRITAIN • BRISTOL".

Description: A powerful wood engraving framing a fashionable 1920s flapper in a navy coat dress gazing up at the monumental iron hull and intricate rigging of the historic SS Great Britain in Bristol.

Description: Isambard Kingdom Brunel - SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time. The largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853, she was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City. While other ships had previously been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship, making her one of the most technologically advanced ships of her time. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic Ocean, which she did in 1845, in 14 days.