The final indignity.

The Great Eastern at Liverpool. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: P10569

Description: Mr Lewis, a Liverpool retailer, leased the 'Great Eastern' in 1885 and it steamed up the Mersey where it operated as an amusement site and advertising hoarding for his department store. She was broken up at Henry Bath and Sons two years later.

Creator: Unknown

Date: c.1885

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London