The old frigate with her freight of cable alongside the 'Great Eastern' at Sheerness
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The old frigate with her freight of cable alongside the 'Great Eastern' at Sheerness
The hulks 'Amethyst' and 'Iris' transferred the 2500 miles (4022 km) of cable to the 'Great Eastern' as she lay at a mooring at Sheerness, an operation that took over three months. Brunel's 'Great Eastern' had proved an economic failure as a passenger vessel on the Atlantic routes, and was now available for charter. Her ornate fittings were stripped out, two boilers and a funnel were removed and three gigantic cylindrical tanks were installed to hold the coils of cable. The hulks 'Amethyst' and 'Iris' transferred the 2500 miles (4022 km) of cable to her as she lay at a mooring at Sheerness, an operation that took over three months.
engraving by Thomas Picken after R. Dudley
Original size: 201 mm x 287 mm
- Image reference: PX8271
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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