SS Great Eastern
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Construction started | May 1, 1854 |
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Launched | January 31, 1858 |
Length | 211 m |
Boats & landing craft carried | 18 lifeboats; after 1860 20 lifeboats |
Designers | Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Did you know | A cable of improved design was ordered from The Telegraph Maintenance and Construction Company and the Great Eastern was readied to do the laying. |
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ID | 1073540 |
About SS Great Eastern
SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London.