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Podcast: The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
Episode: Ultimate Ship Models 2: The Great Eastern
Description: The second of a new mini-series on ship models. Dr Sam Willis explores the extraordinary model of the SS Great Eastern held in the collections of the National Maritime Museum in London. The Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was one of the most remarkable ships ever built.She was the largest ship ever built – by an enormous margin.measuring 692 feet(211m) and 17,274 tons gross she was almost twice as long as any ship that had ever been built.Her registered tonnage was six times more than an...