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title: Launch of SS Great Britain
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updated: 2023-02-14
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# Launch of SS Great Britain

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## Image File

[![Launch of SS Great Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17060.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17060.png)

## Image Caption

A painting from an 1846 engraving by Thomas Ashburton Picken showing the launch of the steamship SS *Great [Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Britain/)* designed by [Isambard Kingdom Brunel](https://www.worldhistory.org/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel/) (1806-1859). The ship sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in May 1845. (Lordprice Collection)

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