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title: SS Great Britain
author: Viktorija
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15606/ss-great-britain/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# SS Great Britain

_Authored by [Viktorija](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/victoria/)_

## Image File

[![SS Great Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15606.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15606.jpg)

## Image Caption

*[SS Great Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/SS_Great_Britain/),* a museum ship and former passenger steamship now located in Bristol. It was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. Made by Brunel, for the *Great Western Steamship Company's* transatlantic service between Bristol and America. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, *Great [Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Britain/)* was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. It was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic Ocean, which it did in 14 days.

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## Cite This Work

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Viktorija. (2022, April 11). SS Great Britain. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15606/ss-great-britain/>
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