Show early dy daas of steamships the first voyage of the steamship great western across the atlantic lasted from april 8 IM 1833 to april 23 her average days run being miles altogether she bhe made mada five double passages in 1838 at ls in 1839 1639 and ana before she was wa disposed of in 1843 1846 crossed and re crossed 74 times no other ship had bad a finer record and none attracted moro more attention while she was stul still running on the atlantic sir john bannio referred to her first passage remarking that the success of this voyage across the tha atlantic having ex beaded the tha most sanguine expectations of its promoters and indeed of tho the world there seemed no bounds to the extension of steam navigation |