SS Archimedes
SS Archimedes under steam and sail - the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller using the design developed by Francis Pettit Smith. Pictured off The North Foreland on her voyage from Gravesend to Portsmouth on May 14, 1839
Picture No
13541296
Media ID
47814051
Size
2860px x 1936px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving after a painting by Huggins
Date
1839
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