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All Early Steamships

The first steam-powered vessels, from the paddle-wheel steamboats of the early nineteenth century to the iron ocean steamers designed by Brunel. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the ship an early steamship or steamboat. It excludes ocean liners of the twentieth century. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.

All Early Steamships
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Wikipedia: North River Steamboat
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The North River Steamboat or North River, colloquially known as the Clermont, is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial water transportation.
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Wikipedia: SS Great Eastern
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SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co.
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Wikipedia, SS Great Britain
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SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time.
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SS Great Western (Wikipedia)
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SS Great Western was a wooden-hulled paddle-wheel steamship with four masts, the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic, and the initial unit of the Great Western Steamship Company.
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Wikipedia: Steamship
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The first steamships came into practical usage during the early 19th century
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