SS Great Eastern was a colossal leap in maritime ambition - designed to dominate the seas but plagued by challenges. Built decades before Titanic, it redefined engineering limits.

who was the captain on the maiden voyage of the Great Eastern steamship. It was one of the most iconic of all English ships of that period (the late 1850s), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel's third ...

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