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The SS Great Eastern (Nicknamed: Leviathan, or Great Babe) was a British ship built during the Victorian Era, which held the title of the largest passenger ship in the world for 4 decades (1859-99).
 Great Eastern (1858) anchored at Liverpool when used for advertising Lewis's Department Store, Liverpool. | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Great Eastern |
| Port of registry: | Liverpool, UK |
| Ordered: | 1853 |
| Builder: | J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1854 |
| Launched: | 31 January 1858 |
| Completed: | August 1859 |
| Maiden voyage: | 30 August 1859 |
| In service: | 1859 |
| Out of service: | 1889 |
| Struck: | 1889 |
| Homeport: | Liverpool |
| Nickname: |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 1889–90 |
| Notes: | Struck rocks on 27 August 1862. No bigger ship in all respects until 1913. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage: | 18,915 GRT[1] |
| Displacement: | 32,160 tons |
| Length: | 692 ft (211 m) |
| Beam: | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Decks: | 4 decks |
| Propulsion: | Total power estimated at 8,000 hp (6,000 kW). Rectangular boilers[2] |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[3] |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 18 lifeboats; after 1860 20 lifeboats |
| Capacity: | 4,000 passengers |
| Complement: | 418 |
It was designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, famous for having designed bridges such as the Clifton Suspension Bridge or the Maidenhead Railway Bridge, it was 211 meters long, had a capacity of 4,000 passengers, 17,915 gross tons and was propelled by sail masts, lateral blades and a screw propeller.
SS Great Eastern Media
The famous photograph by Robert Howlett of Brunel before the ship's launching chains
Sectional plan of Great Eastern
Construction of Great Eastern, August 18, 1855
Section of Great Eastern with launching cradle on slipway
Great Eastern before launch in 1858
Hand-coloured lithograph of the Great Eastern, as imagined by the artist at her launch in 1858
SS Great Eastern in New York Harbor, 1860 - probably "at a pier on the Hudson River between West 11th and 12th Streets", her usual New York berth.
Great Eastern beached for breaking up
Model of Great Eastern in the Museum of London Docklands
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References
- ↑ Dawson, Philip S. (2005). The Liner. Chrysalis Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-85177-938-6.
- ↑ Image:Oscillating engine, and boilers, of Great Eastern - gteast.gif224kB.png
- ↑ "Ocean Record Breaking". New York Times. 7 July 1895.
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