📅 The SS Great Britain is launched (1843)
Today she is a museum in the very dock in Bristol where she was built.
Where: Great Western Dockyard, Bristol
Nearby on the globe: Roman Baths, Bath → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: July 19
July 19, 1843: The SS Great Britain is launched. On 19 July 1843, the steamship SS Great Britain, designed by the engineer Brunel, was floated out in Bristol, England. She was the first large ocean ship to combine an iron hull with a screw propeller, and for years the biggest passenger ship in the world.
✨ More events on this day
- 1900 💡 The first line of the Paris Métro opened in 1900, carrying visitors under the city during the World's Fair, and today it has hundreds of stations.
- 1976 🌿 Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal was created in 1976 to protect Mount Everest, its glaciers, and rare animals like the snow leopard and red panda. Mount Everest →
- 1977 💡 The world's first GPS signal was sent from a test satellite and picked up on the ground in 1977, an early step toward today's map apps.
🧠 Question of the day
What was the SS Great Britain's hull made of?
- Glass
- Iron
- Wood
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Answer: Iron
Questions
What happened on July 19?
July 19, 1843: The SS Great Britain is launched. It happened in Great Western Dockyard, Bristol.
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