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The SS Great Eastern is the subject of the Sting song, "Ballad of the Great Eastern" from the 2013 album The Last Ship. The history of the SS Great Eastern is chronicled in detail in James Dugan's non-fiction book The Great Iron Ship. [15] An Atlantic crossing on the SS Great Eastern is the backdrop to Jules Verne's 1871 novel A Floating City
RMS Celtic was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line.The first ship larger than SS Great Eastern by gross register tonnage (it was also 9 ft [2.7 m] longer), Celtic was the first of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, the dubbed The Big Four. [4]
In 1899, White Star Line commissioned the RMS Oceanic, which exceeded the SS Great Eastern in length but not tonnage. After Thomas Ismay's death, the order of Oceanic ' s sister-ship, Olympic was cancelled. Instead, resources were transferred to the company's new project; to build the grandest fleet of ships that had ever sailed the seas, the ...
The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. [1] Powers were granted by act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships operated by Ford and Jackson on the route ...
It is now an apartment complex. Pullen's model of SS Great Eastern may be seen, being part of the James Henry Pullen Collection including more of his designs and art work, in the Museum at the Langdon Down Centre, Normansfield, Teddington. [5] In 2018, Pullen's work was the subject of a monographic exhibition at Watts Gallery – Artists' Village.
RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932. At 23,876 gross register tonnage, she was the world's largest ship until May 1906.She was the third of a quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross register tons, dubbed The Big Four, the other three being RMS Celtic, RMS Cedric, and RMS Adriatic.
RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line.She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. [1]
Even the Titanic only had 800, I can't see the Great Eastern having over 400. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.21.232 12:51, 20 December 2011 (UTC) Titanic did not have rigging, and was the product of a much later era. Given the size of Great Eastern and the time, I don't think the 418 is too many.