http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ASiriusAdventure.aspx
Well, there you have it, the third version of the story.
The paddle steamer Sirius was the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone. She achieved the feat in 18 days, arriving in New York on 22 April 1838.
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/RoyWil33.htm
Canadian enterprise accomplished the feat of bridging the Atlantic Ocean with a little vessel propelled wholly by steam. This was the Royal William.
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/RoyWil33.htm
Canadian enterprise accomplished the feat of bridging the Atlantic Ocean with a little vessel propelled wholly by steam. This was the Royal William.
http://www.morrisparks.net/speedwell/sss/sss.html
Interesting account of the steamship Savannah, the first of her kind to cross the Atlantic.
May 22, 1819, the Savannah “put to sea with steam and sails” on the historic trip that would take her to England, Sweden and Russia with stops in Norway and Denmark before returning home.
The British steamship Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the India trade, was the largest ship afloat at its launching in 1858.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/major-anderson-ft-sumter_Dir/star-of-the-west.htm
Illustration of the Union Warship “The Star of the West”.
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch1en/conc1en/earlysteams.html
Total length 322 feel; beams 51 feet; depth 32 feet 6 inches.
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