Great Eastern

Great Eastern je bil parnik, ki ga je zasnoval britanski inženir Isambard Kingdom Brunel, zgradilo pa ga je ladjedelnica J. Scott Russell & Co. v Millwallu. Ob času splovitve leta 1858 je bil daleč največja ladja. Lahko je lahko prevažal do 4000 potnikov in je lahko plula na liniji med Anglijo in Avstralijo brez ustavljanja za gorivo. Ladja je leta 1865 položila tudi 4000 kilometrov dolg tranasatlantski podvodni kabel za telegraf.

Glej tudi Great Britain Great Western

Reference

Bibliografija

(account of his 1867 voyage on the Great Eastern)

The Titanic Disaster: An Enduring Example of Money Management vs. Risk Management Edited by Andrew Kelly and Melanie Kelly, "Brunel – In Love With the Impossible", 2006 by Bristol Cultural Development Partnership, Hardback ISBN 0-9550742-0-7, Paperback ISBN 0-9550742-1-5

Zunanje povezave

Great Eastern on thegreatoceanliners.com The building of the Great Eastern. at Southern Millwall: Drunken Dock and the Land of Promise, pp. 466–480, Survey of London volumes 43 and 44, edited by Hermione Hobhouse, 1994. The Great Eastern and Cable Laying Brief description of the Great Eastern Great Eastern timeline The Calamitous Titan First voyage of the Great Eastern, in The Engineer, 16 September 1859. Images of the Great Eastern at the English Heritage Archive Maritimequest SS Great Eastern Photo Gallery

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