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SS Great Eastern started life under the name Leviathan, and was envisioned by one of the greatest engineers of all time: Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Built at the Scott Russell's shipyard between 1854 and 1858, the massive vessel was designed to carry the largest number of passengers possible in a single transoceanic voyage, linking Britain with Australia. Great Eastern was 211 mt (692 ft) long and displaced 32,160 tons: it would be another half a century before ships of such size would be built again. By way of comparison, the Victorian vessel is roughly the length of a WW2 cruiser on a Washington Treaty battleship displacement.
It took almost four years to build the hull, and it would take another three just to launch it. Entering service in 1860, Great Eastern never carried the 4000 passengers she was designed to accommodate. On her maiden voyage she barely carried 50. Brunel himself did not have the chance to see his creation: he had died the previous year.
The ship was a financial blunder. She never turned a profit and changed hands a few times; her most successful accomplishment was transatlantic telegraph-cable laying, for which her large size was perfectly suited. She also had another redeeming quality however, she did prove exceptionally strong: in late August 1862 the ship struck an uncharted rock reef and tore a 25 x 2.7 mt (83 x 9 ft) gash in the outer plating. Thanks to her double hull the passengers and crew barely noticed the jolt.
After having been sold again and being turned into a floating billboard, the vessel was finally scrapped between 1859 and 1860, less than ten years after completion; the ship was perhaps too ahead of its own time, not finding a use in any of the companies that owned her. Had she actually been built a decade or two later, it is possible it could have survived longer, and perhaps even till today, as fortunately happened with another of Brunel's creations, SS Great Britain.
It took almost four years to build the hull, and it would take another three just to launch it. Entering service in 1860, Great Eastern never carried the 4000 passengers she was designed to accommodate. On her maiden voyage she barely carried 50. Brunel himself did not have the chance to see his creation: he had died the previous year.
The ship was a financial blunder. She never turned a profit and changed hands a few times; her most successful accomplishment was transatlantic telegraph-cable laying, for which her large size was perfectly suited. She also had another redeeming quality however, she did prove exceptionally strong: in late August 1862 the ship struck an uncharted rock reef and tore a 25 x 2.7 mt (83 x 9 ft) gash in the outer plating. Thanks to her double hull the passengers and crew barely noticed the jolt.
After having been sold again and being turned into a floating billboard, the vessel was finally scrapped between 1859 and 1860, less than ten years after completion; the ship was perhaps too ahead of its own time, not finding a use in any of the companies that owned her. Had she actually been built a decade or two later, it is possible it could have survived longer, and perhaps even till today, as fortunately happened with another of Brunel's creations, SS Great Britain.
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