Steam screw passenger liners

DaisyNinjaGirl · Post by **DaisyNinjaGirl** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:58 am

For the history nuts among us, this is a pair of doco videos about the SS Great Britain, a steam passenger liner that first sailed in 1845 (life and times of the passengers and crew).

ColleenD · Post by **ColleenD** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:57 pm

In this context, this post reminds of "No Such Thing As Luck", an N&S variation by Nicole Clarkston in which J&M meet on a steam ship going to Cadiz. It can be found on Amazon. All of Nicole's N&S stories are very good (I have read and liked some of her P&P stuff too).

Philipaholt · Post by **Philipaholt** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:32 pm

Oh I love things like this! Thanks for posting

Post by **merry** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:23 pm

Thank you, my Daisy-love, and Colleen too for the heads-up

Vandraren · Post by **Vandraren** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:21 pm

DaisyNinjaGirl wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:58 am For the history nuts among us, this is a pair of doco videos about the SS Great Britain, a steam passenger liner that first sailed in 1845 (life and times of the passengers and crew).

Thank you for sharing this Daisy!! Those early steam ships were fascinating. The ones with paddle wheels must have been even worse in terms of noise and vibration. I am trying to write a story taking place on a paddle steamer, so this was a fantastic resource for inspiration and research, even though this one was a screw steamer. But other than that it seems like the setup was pretty much the same.

In January of 1842 Dickens travelled to the US on the paddle steamer The Britannia and had a rather horrible time of it, there having been constant storms and him and his wife being ill for most of the time. The ship almost caught fire at one point and also ran aground on the coast in Newfoundland. Naturally he didn't have anything positive to say about steam liners and booked passage on a sailing vessel on the return journey. But I think after this steamers gradually became more comfortable and luxurious.

https://shiphistory.org/2017/07/13/life ... s-dickens/

DaisyNinjaGirl · Post by **DaisyNinjaGirl** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:24 am

Vandraren wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:21 pm In January of 1842 Dickens travelled to the US on the paddle steamer The Britannia and had a rather horrible time of it, there having been constant storms and him and his wife being ill for most of the time. The ship almost caught fire at one point and also ran aground on the coast in Newfoundland. Naturally he didn't have anything positive to say about steam liners and booked passage on a sailing vessel on the return journey. But I think after this steamers gradually became more comfortable and luxurious.

Wow - I can see why he didn't fall in love with them.