The Great Eastern

[Omag 2.0]

Does anyone know if the ship the Great Eastern made it to service?

Yesterday i saw a doc. about a great British engineer who developped it, but he died before her maiden voyage. It seemed to be a huge ship, meant to steam from England to Australia and back, without refuelling or should i say recoalling?  ;)

They had a hard time to get her in the water, but the story didn't reveal what happend to her. Did she ever go to the land down under?

[ATI_7500]

No,she never was put into service,but she served a few years as a cable layer across the Atlantic.

[eno]

Isanbard Kingdom Brunel ....  Heres the link to the BBC Website for anyone thats interested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/industrialisation/seven_wonders_gallery.shtml

go take a look its fascinating.

cheers
eno

[Woodlouse2002]

She was put into service. With Jules Verne being one of the first passengers. However, there was no call for such a big ship and she was quickly retired to being a cable layer and finally a big billboard on the Mersy.

[Omag 2.0]

Still wonderfull to see they could build such large vessels in that time.