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In brief
The Great Western Steam Ship Company operated the first regular transatlantic steamer service from 1838 until 1846. Related to the Great Western Railway, it was expected to achieve the position that was ultimately secured by the Cunard Line. The firm's first ship, Great Western was capable of record Blue Riband crossings as late as 1843 and was the model for Cunard's Britannia and her three sisters. The company's second steamer, the Great Britain was an outstanding technical achievement of the age. The company collapsed because it failed to secure a mail contract and Great Britain appeared to be a total loss after running aground. The company might have had a more successful outcome had it built sister ships for Great Western instead of investing in the too advanced Great Britain.
Corporate profile
Vessel records
No individual ships attributed to this company yet
The company is on record, but no vessel in the registry currently names it as operator or owner. Nothing is invented to fill this space.
Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.
In context
Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
United Kingdom is the country of registration for 97 commercial operators in this directory, among which Great Western Steamship Company ranks 70th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 260 vessels here. See every operator registered in United Kingdom.
Founded in 1836, Great Western Steamship Company is 190 years old. This directory holds 13 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 2 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.
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Provenance
Company and vessel recordsWikidata item Q3115986, released under CC0. Counted figures on this page are counts over those records.
Written summaryQuoted from Great Western Steamship Company on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Published fleet figuresNo published fleet figure is available for this company.