The SS Great Eastern is back in Montauk after 151 years! In model form, that is, at the Montauk Lighthouse. The Great Eastern, the largest ship ever built at the time, was nearly 700 feet long, with ...

SS Great Eastern collection. The owner of these items is the great-great-nephew of Captain John Vine Hall, who was the captain on the maiden voyage of the Great Eastern steamship.

The Great Eastern sailed between England and the far east The final surviving funnel section of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's biggest steamship the SS Great Eastern is being moved to Bristol. The funnel, ...

The Great Eastern Steamship. Share full article. Sept. 3, 1859. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 3, 1859, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

SS Great Eastern was a colossal leap in maritime ambition - designed to dominate the seas but plagued by challenges. Built decades before Titanic, it redefined engineering limits. Yet, its story ...

The first was SS Great Western, launched in 1837 and the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic. She made record Blue Riband voyages until 1843.

THE maiden voyages of the largest ships in the world have often been from Southampton, but in one famous case, this was only as the result of a tragic accident. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of ...