SS Great Eastern
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SS Great Eastern was an iron sail-powered, paddle wheel and screw-propelled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London, England. Wikipedia
Launched: January 31, 1858
Length: 692′
Construction started: May 1, 1854
Designer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Beam: 82′
Boats & landing craft carried: 18 lifeboats; after 1860 20 lifeboats
Capacity: 4,000 passengers