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Description: | Medal commemorating the SS 'Leviathan'. Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria (left) crowned, in a low dress, hair braided under ears and of the Prince Consort in uniform. Legend: 'H. M. G. M. QUEEN VICTORIA AND H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT'. Below: A rose. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the 'Leviathan' under steam. Legend (in three lines): 'THE "LEVIATHAN" STEAMSHIP SCREW PADDLE AND SAIL FOUR DECKS. WOULD ACCOMMODATE 10,000 TROOPS.' Exergue: '695 FT LONG. 118 FT. WIDE. HEIGHT OF HULL 60FT. 22,500 TONS BURDEN. 2,600 HORSE POWER.'
The vessel is shown as square-rigged on the fore and after main masts, and as fore-and-aft rig on the other four masts. A fleet of these ships was to have been built, but only one renamed 'The Great Eastern' was actually constructed. Cf. MEC1358 The dimensions were apparently subsequently altered especially as regards beam, which was greatly reduced and fore-and-aft rig was adopted on all masts.
caption: Medal commemorating the SS 'Leviathan'; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the SS 'Leviathan'; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Leviathan 1858 (SS) Great Eastern 1858 Prince Albert Queen Victoria Leviathan 1858 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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