SS Great Western
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SS Great Western of 1838, was a wooden-hulled paddle-wheel steamship with four masts, the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic, and the initial unit of the Great Western Steamship Company. Wikipedia
Designer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Launched: July 19, 1837
Place built: Bristol, United Kingdom
Length: 213′
Construction started: June 26, 1836
Crew: 60
Installed power: 73 1/2 diameter 2-cylinder Maudslay steam engine; 7ft stroke, 12-15 rpm side lever engines; 750 hp (560 kW)