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href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_(Schiff)" title="Great Western (Schiff) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Great Western (Schiff)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western" title="Great Western – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Great Western" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B7%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD" title="Γκρέητ Γουέστερν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκρέητ Γουέστερν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western" title="Great Western – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Great Western" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western" title="Great Western – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Great Western" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western" title="Great Western – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Great Western" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9F_(%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94,_1838)" title="גרייט וסטרן (אונייה, 1838) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גרייט וסטרן (אונייה, 1838)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_(schip,_1838)" title="Great Western (schip, 1838) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Great Western (schip, 1838)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3_(%E8%92%B8%E6%B0%97%E8%88%B9)" title="グレート・ウェスタン (蒸気船) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グレート・ウェスタン (蒸気船)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_%C2%ABGreat_Western%C2%BB" title="DS «Great Western» – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="DS «Great Western»" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD" title="Грейт Вестерн – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Грейт Вестерн" 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title="S/S Great Western – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="S/S Great Western" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99" title="เอสเอส เกรตเวสเทิร์น – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เอสเอส เกรตเวสเทิร์น" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Western" title="SS Great Western – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="SS Great Western" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_named_SS_Great_Western" title="List of ships named SS Great Western">List of ships named SS Great Western</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg/300px-The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg/450px-The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg/600px-The_Steamer_Great_Western_of_Bristol_RMG_A7626.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="913" /></a></span><div>PS <i>Great Western</i> in 1838</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;color:inherit;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Government_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Great Western</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Steamship_Company" title="Great Western Steamship Company">Great Western Steamship Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Route</td><td>Bristol – New York</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/William_Patterson_Shipbuilders" title="William Patterson Shipbuilders">William Patterson</a>, Bristol, England</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>26 June 1836</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>19 July 1837</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>31 March 1838</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Maiden voyage</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 April 1838</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>-New York</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>December 1846 in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1839–40: Rebuilt for more passengers.</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">45 Atlantic round trips before being taken out of service</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail_Steam_Packet_Company" title="Royal Mail Steam Packet Company">Royal Mail Steam Packet Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>24 April 1847</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped, 1856</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Transatlantic mail service <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> – <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td>British Government</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>1855</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped October 1856</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Operated as troop transport in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td>Oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>1,700 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a><sup id="cite_ref-MM_Vol_10_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM_Vol_10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>2300 ton</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>71.6 m (234 ft 11 in), later 76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) long</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>17.59 m (57 ft 9 in) across wheels</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">73 1/2 diameter 2-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Maudslay,_Sons_and_Field" title="Maudslay, Sons and Field">Maudslay</a> steam engine</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">7ft stroke, 12-15 rpm side lever engines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">750 hp (560 kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Two paddle-wheels</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>8.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>128 passengers in 1st class + 20 servants</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>60</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>SS <i>Great Western</i></b> was a wooden-hulled <a href="/wiki/Paddle_steamer" title="Paddle steamer">paddle-wheel</a> <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamship</a> with four masts,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a>, and the initial unit of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Steamship_Company" title="Great Western Steamship Company">Great Western Steamship Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Completed in 1838, she was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1837 to 1839, the year the <a href="/wiki/SS_British_Queen" title="SS British Queen">SS <i>British Queen</i></a> went into service. </p><p>Designed by British civil engineer <a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel</a>, <i>Great Western</i> proved satisfactory in service and was the model for all successful wooden Atlantic paddle-steamers.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was capable of making record <a href="/wiki/Blue_Riband" title="Blue Riband">Blue Riband</a> voyages as late as 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Great Western</i> worked to New York for eight years until her owners went out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-arnold_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arnold-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail_Steam_Packet_Company" title="Royal Mail Steam Packet Company">Royal Mail Steam Packet Company</a> and was scrapped in 1856 after serving as a <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">troopship</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_design">Development and design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Great_Western&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development and design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1836, Isambard Brunel, his friend Thomas Guppy and a group of Bristol investors formed the Great Western Steamship Company to build a line of steamships for the Bristol–New York route.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea of regular scheduled transatlantic service was under discussion by several groups and the rival <a href="/wiki/British_and_American_Steam_Navigation_Company" title="British and American Steam Navigation Company">British and American Steam Navigation Company</a> was established at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Great Western's</i> design sparked controversy from critics that contended that she was too big.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The principle that Brunel understood was that the carrying capacity of a ship increases as the cube of its dimensions, whilst the water resistance only increases as the square of its dimensions. This meant that large ships were more fuel efficient, something very important for long voyages across the Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-rolt_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Great Western</i> was an iron-strapped, wooden, side-wheel <a href="/wiki/Paddle_steamer" title="Paddle steamer">paddle steamer</a>, with four masts to hoist the auxiliary sails. The sails were not just to provide auxiliary propulsion, but also were used in rough seas to keep the ship on an even keel and ensure that both paddle wheels remained in the water, driving the ship in a straight line. The hull was built of oak (one source says Dantzic pine, presumably meaning <a href="/wiki/Baltic_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic pine">Baltic pine</a> from <a href="/wiki/Danzig" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzig">Danzig</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) by traditional methods. She was the largest steamship for one year, until the <a href="/wiki/British_and_American_Steam_Navigation_Company" title="British and American Steam Navigation Company">British and American</a>'s <a href="/wiki/SS_British_Queen" title="SS British Queen"><i>British Queen</i></a> went into service. Built at the shipyard of <a href="/wiki/William_Patterson_Shipbuilders" title="William Patterson Shipbuilders">Patterson & Mercer</a> in Bristol, England, <i>Great Western</i> was launched on 19 July 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the launch, a shipwright was killed when a large bulk of timber fell on him, fracturing his skull.<sup id="cite_ref-BM190837_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BM190837-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her launch, <i>Great Western</i> sailed to London, where she was fitted with two <a href="/wiki/Side-lever" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-lever">side-lever steam engines</a> from the firm of <a href="/wiki/Maudslay,_Sons_and_Field" title="Maudslay, Sons and Field">Maudslay, Sons and Field</a>, producing 750 <a href="/wiki/Indicated_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Indicated horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> between them.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towards the end of 1837 Lieutenant James Hosken was appointed commander of the new vessel and in March 1838 the first advertisements of sailings were made.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Great_Western&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg/220px-The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg/330px-The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/The_Great-Western_Steam_Ship_1838_H._Papprill_after_J.S._Coteman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="283" /></a><figcaption><i>The Great Western Steam Ship in 1838</i>, engraved by H. Papprill after a painting by J. S. Coteman</figcaption></figure> <p>The first trial of the <i>Great Western</i> took place on 24 March 1838, attracting a vast audience with visits by the nobility on the ship's return.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 March, <i>Great Western</i> sailed for <a href="/wiki/Avonmouth" title="Avonmouth">Avonmouth</a> (Bristol) to start her maiden voyage to New York. Before reaching Avonmouth, a fire broke out in the engine room. During the confusion Brunel fell 20 feet (6 m), and was injured. The fire was extinguished, and the damage to the ship was minimal, but Brunel had to be put ashore at <a href="/wiki/Canvey_Island" title="Canvey Island">Canvey Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the accident, more than 50 passengers cancelled their bookings for the Bristol-New York voyage and when <i>Great Western</i> finally departed Avonmouth, only seven passengers were aboard.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Construction of the rival <a href="/wiki/British_and_American_Steam_Navigation_Company" title="British and American Steam Navigation Company">British and American</a>'s first ship was delayed, and the company chartered <a href="/wiki/SS_Sirius_(1837)" title="SS Sirius (1837)">SS <i>Sirius</i></a> to beat <i>Great Western</i> to New York. <i>Sirius</i> was a 700 GRT Irish Sea steam packet on the London – <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> route, and had part of her passenger accommodation removed to make room for extra coal bunkers.<sup id="cite_ref-rolt_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She left London three days before <i>Great Western</i>, refuelled at Cork, and departed for New York on 4 April.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Great Western</i> was delayed in Bristol because of the fire and did not depart until 8 April.<sup id="cite_ref-rolt_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even with a four-day <a href="/wiki/Head_start_(positioning)" title="Head start (positioning)">head start</a>, <i>Sirius</i> only narrowly beat <i>Great Western</i>, arriving on 22 April.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When coal ran low, the crew burned five drums of resin. <i>Great Western</i> arrived the following day, with 200 tons of coal still aboard.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the term <a href="/wiki/Blue_Riband" title="Blue Riband">Blue Riband</a> was not coined until years later, <i>Sirius</i> is often credited as the first winner at 8.03 knots (14.87 km/h). However, <i>Sirius</i> only held the record for a day because <i>Great Western's</i> voyage was faster at 8.66 knots (16.04 km/h). </p><p><i>Great Western</i> proved completely satisfactory in service and influenced the design of other Atlantic paddlers. Even Cunard's <a href="/wiki/RMS_Britannia" title="RMS Britannia"><i>Britannia</i></a> was a reduced version of <i>Great Western</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1838–1840, <i>Great Western</i> averaged 16 days, 0 hours (7.95 knots) westward to New York and 13 days, 9 hours (9.55 knots) home. In 1838, the company paid a 9% dividend, but that was to be the firm's only dividend because of the expense of building the company's next ship.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the collapse of British and American, <i>Great Western</i> alternated between Avonmouth and Liverpool, before abandoning Avonmouth entirely in 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship remained profitable even though she lacked a running mate because of the protracted construction on <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">Great Britain</a></i>. In 1843, <i>Great Western's</i> receipts were £33,400 against expenditures of £25,600.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Western.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Great_Western.jpg/220px-Great_Western.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Great_Western.jpg/330px-Great_Western.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Great_Western.jpg/440px-Great_Western.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2887" data-file-height="1816" /></a><figcaption>The <i>Great Western</i> crossing the Atlantic</figcaption></figure> <p>The company's fortunes improved in 1845 when <i>Great Britain</i> entered service.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in September 1846 <i>Great Britain</i> ran ashore because of a navigational error and was not expected to survive the winter. The directors suspended all sailings of <i>Great Western</i> and went out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-corlett_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corlett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Great Western</i> had completed 45 crossings for her owners in 8 years.<sup id="cite_ref-arnold_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arnold-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1847 she was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail_Steam_Packet_Company" title="Royal Mail Steam Packet Company">Royal Mail Steam Packet Company</a> and used on the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> run.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southampton became her new home port from where she made 14 voyages to the West Indies between 1847 and 1853, before being put on the South America run and made another nine voyages to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> between 1853 and 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the South America run she called at Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, St Vincents, Pernambuco and Bahia on the way to Rio and then in reverse on the return passage. </p><p>The <i>Great Western</i> was then laid up at Southampton before being taken into government service as 'Transport No. 6'. She served as a <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">troopship</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> in 1856, carrying soldiers between the UK, Gibraltar, Malta, and the Crimean Peninsula. In August 1856 she was sold for scrapping and was broken up at Castles' Yard, Millbank on the Thames.<sup id="cite_ref-gibbs_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibbs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Great_Western&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest_wooden_ships" title="List of longest wooden ships">List of longest wooden ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern" title="SS Great Eastern">SS Great Eastern</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Great Western: The First Atlantic Liner</i> (Bristol Historical Association pamphlets, no. 8, 1963), p.5.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Griffiths, Denis (1985). <i>Brunel's Great Western</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85059-743-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85059-743-9">0-85059-743-9</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Great_Western&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Doty</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mersey_(1858)" title="HMS Mersey (1858)"><i>Mersey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orlando_(1858)" title="HMS Orlando (1858)"><i>Orlando</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Immobile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Al-Hashemi-II" title="Al-Hashemi-II">Al-Hashemi-II</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belyana" title="Belyana">Belyana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(1840)†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">SS <i>Great Britain</i></a> (1843)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Atrato_(1853)" title="RMS Atrato (1853)">RMS <i>Atrato</i></a> (1853)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Adriatic_(1856)" title="SS Adriatic (1856)">SS <i>Adriatic</i></a> (1857)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern" title="SS Great Eastern">SS <i>Great Eastern</i></a> (1858)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_New_York_(1888)" title="SS City of New York (1888)">SS <i>City of New York</i></a> (1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Campania" title="RMS Campania">RMS <i>Campania</i></a> (1893)‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse" title="SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse">SS <i>Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse</i></a> (1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Oceanic_(1899)" title="RMS Oceanic (1899)">RMS <i>Oceanic</i></a> (1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Celtic_(1901)" title="RMS Celtic (1901)">RMS <i>Celtic</i></a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Cedric" title="RMS Cedric">RMS <i>Cedric</i></a> (1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Baltic_(1903)" title="RMS Baltic (1903)">RMS <i>Baltic</i></a> (1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Scotland_(1905)" title="RMS Empress of Scotland (1905)">RMS <i>Empress of Scotland</i></a> (1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Lusitania" title="RMS Lusitania">RMS <i>Lusitania</i></a> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Mauretania_(1906)" title="RMS Mauretania (1906)">RMS <i>Mauretania</i></a> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Olympic" title="RMS Olympic">RMS <i>Olympic</i></a> (1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> (1912)†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Imperator" title="SS Imperator">SS <i>Imperator</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Vaterland_(1913)" title="SS Vaterland (1913)">SS <i>Vaterland</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Majestic_(1914)" title="RMS Majestic (1914)">RMS <i>Majestic</i></a> (1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Normandie" title="SS Normandie">SS <i>Normandie</i></a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a> (1936)†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth" title="RMS Queen Elizabeth">RMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_France_(1960)" title="SS France (1960)">SS <i>France</i></a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Sovereign" title="MS Sovereign">MS <i>Sovereign of the Seas</i></a> (1987)†</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_World" title="Pacific World">Sun Princess</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival_Sunshine" title="Carnival Sunshine">MS <i>Carnival Destiny</i></a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Princess" title="Grand Princess">MS <i>Grand Princess</i></a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voyager_of_the_Seas" title="Voyager of the Seas">MS <i>Voyager of the Seas</i></a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_of_the_Seas" title="Explorer of the Seas">MS <i>Explorer of the Seas</i></a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navigator_of_the_Seas" title="Navigator of the Seas">MS <i>Navigator of the Seas</i></a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary_2" title="Queen Mary 2">RMS <i>Queen Mary 2</i></a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Freedom_of_the_Seas" title="MS Freedom of the Seas">MS <i>Freedom of the Seas</i></a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_of_the_Seas" title="Liberty of the Seas"><i>Liberty of the Seas</i></a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oasis_of_the_Seas" title="Oasis of the Seas"><i>Oasis of the Seas</i></a> (2009)‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_of_the_Seas" title="Harmony of the Seas"><i>Harmony of the Seas</i></a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_of_the_Seas" title="Symphony of the Seas"><i>Symphony of the Seas</i></a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonder_of_the_Seas" title="Wonder of the Seas"><i>Wonder of the Seas</i></a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon_of_the_Seas" title="Icon of the Seas"><i>Icon of the Seas</i></a> (2023)</li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_and_Great_Western_Union_Railway" title="Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway">Cheltenham and Great Western Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Railway" title="Cornwall Railway">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_and_Torbay_Railway" title="Dartmouth and Torbay Railway">Dartmouth and Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_branch_line" title="Brentford branch line">Great Western and Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llynvi_and_Ogmore_Railway#Llynvi_Valley_Railway" title="Llynvi and Ogmore Railway">Llynvi Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Worcester_and_Wolverhampton_Railway" title="Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway">Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_Company" title="South Devon Railway Company">South Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_and_Tavistock_Railway" title="South Devon and Tavistock Railway">South Devon and Tavistock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Railway" title="South Wales Railway">South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Mineral_Railway" title="South Wales Mineral Railway">South Wales Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway" title="Taff Vale Railway">Taff Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Neath_Railway" title="Vale of Neath Railway">Vale of Neath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Cornwall_Railway" title="West Cornwall Railway">West Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway" title="West Somerset Railway">West Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway" title="Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Railway stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_Spa_railway_station" title="Bath Spa railway station">Bath Spa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford-on-Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgend_railway_station" title="Bridgend railway station">Bridgend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_railway_station" title="Bridgwater railway station">Bridgwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charfield_railway_station" title="Charfield railway station">Charfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlbury_railway_station" title="Charlbury railway station">Charlbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirencester_Town_railway_station" title="Cirencester Town railway station">Cirencester Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crediton_railway_station" title="Crediton railway station">Crediton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culham_railway_station" title="Culham railway station">Culham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Davids_railway_station" title="Exeter St Davids railway station">Exeter St Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Thomas_railway_station" title="Exeter St Thomas railway station">Exeter St Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liskeard_railway_station" title="Liskeard railway station">Liskeard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortimer_railway_station" title="Mortimer railway station">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Station" title="The Railway Station">The Railway Station</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_London_Paddington" title="Hilton London Paddington">Hilton Hotel, Paddington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Germans_railway_station" title="St Germans railway station">St Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station#Great_Western_Railway" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroud_railway_station" title="Stroud railway station">Stroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disused_railway_stations_on_the_Bristol_to_Exeter_Line#Weston_Junction" title="Disused railway stations on the Bristol to Exeter Line">Weston Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatton_railway_station" title="Yatton railway station">Yatton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Bridges and viaducts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angarrack_viaduct" title="Angarrack viaduct">Angarrack viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_Bridge" title="Avon Bridge">Avon Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_Spa_railway_station#Civil_engineering" title="Bath Spa railway station">Bath:St James's Bridge; Skew Bridge; St James' Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Bridge" title="Bishop's Bridge">Bishop's Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chepstow_Railway_Bridge" title="Chepstow Railway Bridge">Chepstow Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_railway_station#Chippenham_viaduct" title="Chippenham railway station">Chippenham viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge" title="Clifton Suspension Bridge">Clifton Suspension Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Railway_viaducts" title="Cornwall Railway viaducts">Cornwall Railway viaducts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carnon_viaduct" title="Carnon viaduct">Carnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pinnock#St_Pinnock_Viaduct" title="St Pinnock">St Pinnock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Basin_(Bristol)#Swing_bridges" title="Cumberland Basin (Bristol)">Cumberland Basin swing bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol%E2%80%93Exeter_line#Weston-super-Mare_to_Taunton" title="Bristol–Exeter line">"Devil's Bridge", Uphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatehampton_Railway_Bridge" title="Gatehampton Railway Bridge">Gatehampton Railway Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges" title="Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges">Hungerford Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landore_Viaduct" title="Landore Viaduct">Landore Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loughor_Viaduct" title="Loughor Viaduct">Loughor Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge" title="Maidenhead Railway Bridge">Maidenhead Bridge</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rain,_Steam_and_Speed_%E2%80%93_The_Great_Western_Railway" title="Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway">Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moulsford_Railway_Bridge" title="Moulsford Railway Bridge">Moulsford Railway Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Bridge" title="Royal Albert Bridge">Royal Albert Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_railway_station#Somerset_Bridge" title="Bridgwater railway station">Somerset Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges,_London" title="Three Bridges, London">Three Bridges, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usk_Railway_Bridge" title="Usk Railway Bridge">Usk Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharncliffe_Viaduct" title="Wharncliffe Viaduct">Wharncliffe Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Railway_Bridge" title="Windsor Railway Bridge">Windsor Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Tunnels and earthworks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Box_Tunnel" title="Box Tunnel">Box Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockett_railway_station#Cockett_Tunnel" title="Cockett railway station">Cockett Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_arch#Notable_examples" title="Flying arch">Llansamlet arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapperton_Railway_Tunnel" title="Sapperton Railway Tunnel">Sapperton Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonning_Cutting" title="Sonning Cutting">Sonning Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Banks" title="South Devon Banks">South Devon Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_sea_wall" title="South Devon Railway sea wall">South Devon Railway sea wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Tunnel" title="Thames Tunnel">Thames Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Bank,_Somerset" title="Wellington Bank, Somerset">Wellington Bank, Somerset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Ships, harbours and waterways</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Steamship_Company" title="Great Western Steamship Company">Great Western Steamship Company</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SS <i>Great Western</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">SS <i>Great Britain</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balanced_rudder" title="Balanced rudder">Balanced rudder</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern" title="SS Great Eastern">SS <i>Great Eastern</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_Standing_Before_the_Launching_Chains_of_the_Great_Eastern" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern">Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern</a></i> (1857 photograph)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Archimedes" title="SS Archimedes">SS <i>Archimedes</i></a> borrowed by Brunel, used for propeller tests</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_Dock" title="Brentford Dock">Brentford Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Harbour" title="Bristol Harbour">Bristol Harbour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Basin_(Bristol)" title="Cumberland Basin (Bristol)">Cumberland Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underfall_Yard" title="Underfall Yard">Underfall Yard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbay" title="Millbay">Millbay Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Canal" title="Westport Canal">Westport Canal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Other engineering and building</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_engine_houses" title="South Devon Railway engine houses">Atmospheric railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balloon_flange_girder" title="Balloon flange girder">Balloon flange girder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baulk_road" title="Baulk road">Baulk road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway#Brunel's_7-foot_gauge_and_the_"gauge_war"" title="Great Western Railway">Broad gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steventon_railway_station#Headquarters_of_the_GWR" title="Steventon railway station">Brook House, Steventon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew%27s_Hole,_Bristol#Tar_works" title="Crew's Hole, Bristol">Crew's Hole tar works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace#Crystal_Palace_Park" title="The Crystal Palace">Crystal Palace water towers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Exhibition" title="Great Exhibition">Great Exhibition</a> (Brunel on committee)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmaison_Hotel,_Reading" title="Malmaison Hotel, Reading">Malmaison Hotel, Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renkioi_Hospital" title="Renkioi Hospital">Renkioi Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_A,_B,_C" title="List of fellows of the Royal Society A, B, C">Fellow of the Royal Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Civil_Engineers" title="Institution of Civil Engineers">Institution of Civil Engineers</a> (VP from 1850)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham-Louis_Breguet" title="Abraham-Louis Breguet">Abraham-Louis Breguet</a> (trained Brunel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Pearson_Brereton" title="Robert Pearson Brereton">Robert Pearson Brereton</a> (Chief assistant)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Personal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Isambard_Brunel" title="Marc Isambard Brunel">Marc Isambard Brunel</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Kingdom" title="Sophia Kingdom">Sophia Kingdom</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_House" title="Lindsey House">Lindsey House</a> (childhood home)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Caen_Normandy" title="University of Caen Normandy">University of Caen Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Henri-IV" title="Lycée Henri-IV">Lycée Henri-IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Marc_Brunel" title="Henry Marc Brunel">Henry Marc Brunel</a> (second son)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scene_from_A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" title="Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream">Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i> (picture commissioned by Brunel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Manor" title="Brunel Manor">Brunel Manor</a> (commissioned by Brunel for his retirement)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Guppy" title="Sarah Guppy">Sarah Guppy</a>, whose portrait was painted by Brunel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensal_Green_Cemetery" title="Kensal Green Cemetery">Kensal Green Cemetery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Legacy and commemoration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Statues of Brunel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel,_Victoria_Embankment" title="Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment">Victoria Embankment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Paddington" title="List of public art in Paddington">Paddington Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Bristol#Temple" title="List of public art in Bristol">Bristol Temple Meads Station</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Museum" title="Brunel Museum">Brunel Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain#Being_Brunel" title="SS Great Britain">Being Brunel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre#Broad_Gauge_Line" title="Didcot Railway Centre">Broad gauge running line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_the_Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="List of English Heritage blue plaques in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Blue plaque</a>, 98 Cheyne Walk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmarks" title="List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks">List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks</a> (<a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Britain" title="SS Great Britain">SS <i>Great Britain</i></a> #97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_University_of_London" title="Brunel University of London">Brunel University of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NR_Brunel" title="NR Brunel">NR Brunel</a> (Network Rail typeface)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_Award" title="Brunel Award">Brunel Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons" title="100 Greatest Britons">100 Greatest Britons</a> (Brunel #2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_pound_coin#Variants" title="Two pound coin">Two Brunel £2 coins in 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony#Green_and_Pleasant_Land_(21:04–21:09)" title="2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">2012 London Olympics opening ceremony</a> featured Brunel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunel_(opera_project)" title="Brunel (opera project)">Brunel (opera project)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>• <a href="/wiki/Category:Works_of_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Category:Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Other works of Brunel</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_1851310" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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