SS Great Britain

SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time. The largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853, she was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between and New York City.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1843
  • Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: 1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Address: Great Western Dockyard, Bristol, BS1 6TY

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SS Great Britain

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Latitude
51.44915° or 51° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.60839° or 2° 36′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C3VC9XR+MJ
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“SS Great Britain” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إس إس جريت برتن”
  • Chinese: “SS大不列顛”
  • Chinese: “大不列颠号蒸汽船”
  • Croatian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Danish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Dutch: “Great Britain”
  • Estonian: “Great Britain”
  • Finnish: “SS Great Britain”
  • French: “Great Britain”
  • German: “Great Britain”
  • Greek: “Γκρέητ Μπρίταιν”
  • Hebrew: “בריטניה הגדולה”
  • Hebrew: “גרייט בריטיין”
  • Hungarian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Irish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Italian: “Great Britain”
  • Japanese: “グレートブリテン”
  • Japanese: “グレートブリテン号”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Britain”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Britain”
  • Polish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Portuguese: “SS Great Britain”
  • Russian: “Грейт Бритн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “SS Great Britain”
  • Serbian: “СС Грејт Бритен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Spanish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Thai: “เอสเอส เกรตบริเตน”
  • Turkish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Ukrainian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Welsh: “SS Great Britain”
  • Western Frisian: “SS Great Britain”

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