The Great Ship

Isambard kingdom Brunel dreamed of building the biggest ship ever. The ship was nearly 700 feet long and weighed 10 000 tones. The ship had a double hull, 10 water thigh bulkheads, and vast steam engines. The Ship to be called Leviathan but later the name was changed to S.S Great Eastern. On the 3rd November 1857 10 000 people gathered to see the ship launch but One of the launch drums lost control and hit workers. It took 90 days of pushing and pulling to get the ship onto water. The whole project was 4 times over the budget.