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And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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steamship
noun
steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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