SS Sirius - early Steamship arrived in New York
SS Sirius - a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies and Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. in 1838, she entered transatlantic steam passenger service when chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of the Blue Riband
Picture No
13534650
Media ID
47099535
Size
3136px x 2068px
(6.3MB)
Credit
Courtesy of The Land of Lost Content Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Land of Lost Content Collection - Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977 souvenir cuttings book by IVP Ltd., London, featuring pictures of different boats/ships used for commercial and industrial purposes
Date
circa 1838
