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#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western | the largest passenger ship in the world.
Sirius was a side-wheel wooden-hulled steamship built in 1837 for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of…
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#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western | the largest passenger ship in the world.
#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western | the largest passenger ship in the world.
Sirius was a side-wheel wooden-hulled steamship built in 1837 for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of…
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#British Admiralty#Cobh Co Cork#Cork-New York#Cunard#Great Western#Ireland#London-Cork Postal Carrier#New York#SS Sirius#United States
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#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western | the largest passenger ship in the world.
#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western | the largest passenger ship in the world.
Sirius was a side-wheel wooden-hulled steamship built in 1837 for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of…
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#British Admiralty#Cobh Co Cork#Cork-New York#Cunard#Great Western#Ireland#London-Cork Postal Carrier#New York#SS Sirius#United States
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#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western – the largest passenger ship in the world.
Sirius was a side-wheel wooden-hulled steamship built in 1837 for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of…
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#British Admiralty#Cobh Co Cork#Cork-New York#Cunard#Great Western#Ireland#London-Cork Postal Carrier#New York#SS Sirius#United States
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#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western – the largest passenger ship in the world.
#OTD in 1838 – The Sirius beat the much bigger and faster Great Western – the largest passenger ship in the world.
Sirius was a side-wheel wooden-hulled steamship built in 1837 for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of…
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#British Admiralty#Cobh Co Cork#Cork-New York#Cunard#Great Western#Ireland#London-Cork Postal Carrier#New York#SS Sirius#United States
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