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1858 CE: The hull of the SS Great Eastern is floated for the first time.
1860 CE: SS Great Eastern makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York.
1861 CE: The SS Great Eastern is badly damaged in a storm.
1862 CE: The SS Great Eastern runs aground off the U.S. coast.
1866 CE: The SS Great Eastern lays the first transatlantic electrical telegraph cable.
1888 CE: The SS Great Eastern is scrapped.