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SS Great Eastern

British sailing steamship
Vehicle Steamship Q733293
SS Great Eastern
most likely Robert Edward Holloway (d. 1904) according to source · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
steamship, encyclopedia article[1]
Beam
+25.3[24]
Capital cost
+170000[23]
Country of registry
United Kingdom[26]
Depicted by
The steamship Great Eastern laying the first successful Atlantic cable[13]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14][15][16]
Draft
+9.1[25]
Height
+20[19]
Length
+211[18]
Location of creation
London[10]
Manufacturer
Millwall Iron Works, Isambard Kingdom Brunel[2][3]
Mass
+32160[21]
Maximum capacity
+4000, +418[11][12]
Nominal power output
+8000[22]
Published in
The Encyclopedia Americana[17]
Significant event
order, keel laying, ship launching, maiden voyage, service entry, service retirement[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Speed
+14[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Great Eastern en SS Great Eastern ar إس إس جريت إيسترن de SS Great Eastern de Leviathan el Μεγάλος Ανατολικός el Μέγας Ανατολικός es SS Great Eastern fi S.S. Great Eastern fi S/S Great Eastern fr Great-Eastern he גרייט איסטרן (אונייה) id Great Eastern ja グレート・イースタン nl SS Great Eastern nl SS Great Eastern. pl Great Eastern ro SS Great Eastern ru Great Eastern ru Грейт Истерн
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Great-Eastern
Facebook username
SSGreatEastern
Freebase ID
/m/027dj6
Topic's main category
Category:Great Eastern (ship, 1858)

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Significant event 4
ship launching, keel laying, order, maiden voyage
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Instance of 2
steamship, encyclopedia article
Country of registry 1
United Kingdom
Created notable works 1
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Location of creation 1
London
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel London United Kingdom

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  1. 27w ago · Ankermast · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of creation → London
    Country of registry → United Kingdom
    Nominal power output → 8,000 metric horsepower
    Draft → 9.1 metre
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Manufacturer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel"
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