SS Pacific (1849)
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SS Pacific was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel steamer built in 1849 for transatlantic service with the American Collins Line. Designed to outclass their chief rivals from the British-owned Cunard Line, Pacific and her three sister ships were the largest, fastest and most well-appointed transatlantic steamers of their day.
Pacific (lithograph originally published by Day & Son)
Diagram of one of Pacific's side-lever engines
Cunard Line
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Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its four ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Bt
Britannia of 1840 (1150 GRT), the first Cunard liner built for the transatlantic service
Europa of 1848 (1850 GRT). This is one of the earliest known photos of an Atlantic steamship.
Cunard Line, from New York to Liverpool, from 1875