Category:Great Britain (ship, 1843)

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Ship [edit]

Type:
Design by:
Order date:
Built by: Great Western SS Co., Bristol United Kingdom
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Keel laid:
Launch date: 19.07.1843
Date of completion: 1843
Length over all: 88 m
LPP: m
Beam: 15.2 m
Draught: m
GRT: 3,270
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NET:
Sail area:
Main engine: Steam, single screw
Speed: 9 kn
Passenger accommodation for 360-1st class only.

History [edit]

1843 Named: GREAT BRITAIN for Great Western SS Co., Bristol Flag: United Kingdom
26.07.1845 Sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on (arr.10 August, dep. 30 August).
15.09.1845 Arrived back at Liverpool
1846 Fitted with bilge keels to minimise rolling, her six-bladed propellors replaced by four-bladed ones and her masts reduced to five.
09.05.1846 Left Liverpool for New York.
22.09.1846 Grounded in Dundrum Bay, Co Down, Ireland
08.1847 Salvaged and towed to Liverpool.
12.1850 Sold to Gibbs, Bright & Co., reconditioned, fitted with new engines, two funnels athwartships, four masts and accommodation for 50-1st and 680-3rd class passengers.
01.05.1852 Left Liverpool for a single round voyage to New York
18.08.1852 Commenced sailings between Liverpool and Australia.
28.07.1858 Another single Liverpool - New York sailing
02.1876 Laid up at Birkenhead at the conclusion of her 32nd round voyage to Australia.
1882 Sold, engines removed and converted to a three masted sailing ship.
1886 Became a coal and wool hulk in the Falkland Islands
1937 Beached at Sparrow Cove
1970 Refloated, placed on floating pontoons and towed to Bristol. Completely restored and is open to the public.

English: SS Great Britain

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