SS Great Eastern

**SS Great Eastern**
	British sailing steamship
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Instance of	steamship; encyclopedia article;
Published in	The Encyclopedia Americana;
Manufacturer	Millwall Iron Works;
Location of creation	London;
Country of registry	United Kingdom;
Significant event	order (1853); keel laying (1854); ship launching (1858); maiden voyage (1859); service entry (1859); service retirement (1889);
Nominal power output	8,000 metric horsepower;
Mass	32,160 t;
Beam	25.3 m;
Draft	9.1 m;
Length	211 m;
Height	20 m (moulded depth);
Speed	14 kn;
Maximum capacity	4,000 passenger; 418 (crew);
Capital cost	170,000 pound sterling;
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SS Great Eastern before her launching, 1857
SS Great Eastern shortly before her launching, 1858
Great Eastern at Hearts Content, July 1866
Great Eastern At Sea, the great ship of IK Brunel as imagined at sea by the artist at her launch in 1858
Isambard Kingdom Brunel against the launching chains of the Great Eastern at Millwall in 1857
A topmast rescued from the ship.