Repro ID: PU6763
Title: Leviathan or the Great Eastern. Description: After several unsuccessful passenger voyages, during one of which she struck an uncharted rock - damage that would have sunk any other ship - the 'Great Eastern' was put up for auction. She was sold for a paltry £25,000 to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich in 1865.
Creator: Unknown
Date: c. 1860
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
