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May 17^th, 2004 at 10:31am

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Does anyone know if the ship the Great Eastern made it to service?

Yesterday i saw a doc. about a great British engineer who developped it, but he died before her maiden voyage. It seemed to be a huge ship, meant to steam from England to Australia and back, without refuelling or should i say recoalling? Wink

They had a hard time to get her in the water, but the story didn't reveal what happend to her. Did she ever go to the land down under?

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Reply #1 - May 17^th, 2004 at 10:39am

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No,she never was put into service,but she served a few years as a cable layer across the Atlantic.

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Reply #2 - May 17^th, 2004 at 12:09pm

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Isanbard Kingdom Brunel .... Heres the link to the BBC Website for anyone thats interested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/industrialisation/seven_wonders_gal...

go take a look its fascinating.

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Reply #3 - May 17^th, 2004 at 12:51pm

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She was put into service. With Jules Verne being one of the first passengers. However, there was no call for such a big ship and she was quickly retired to being a cable layer and finally a big billboard on the Mersy.

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Reply #4 - May 17^th, 2004 at 1:46pm

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Still wonderfull to see they could build such large vessels in that time.

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