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The Great Eastern - Photo taken in the 1870's81

SS Great Eastern: Brunel's Greatest Triumph or Folly?

To modern sensibilities the SS Great Eastern looks like a strange hybrid. That's because she was part modern steamship, paddle steamer and sailship at the same time. She had all these means of propulsion...

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White Star Line Disasters - The Titanic Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg

Would you be willing to sail on a ship run by a company with more than one major peace-time disaster to their name? What about a company with a record of mishaps spanning decades before the Big One? The White...

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