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Description: | After several unsuccessful passenger voyages, during one of which she struck an uncharted rock - damage that would have sunk another ship - the 'Great Eastern' was put up for auction. She was sold for a paltry �25,000 to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich in 1865.
Box Title: Steamships 1840-1860. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | prints Great Eastern 1858 [British] | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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