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Launching of the Great Eastern
The 'Great Eastern' was finally launched at Millwall on 30 January 1858, with four steam tugs in attendance. She was then fitted out and rigged at moorings at Deptford on the opposite bank of the River Thames.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD6762 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Millwall |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858) |
| Date made: | 1858 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |