After its life as a passenger vessel, the Great Eastern was used in what important activity?
a) laying underwater cable for the new telegraph systems
b) planting landmines to protect British harbors in the Crimean War
Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship.
c) hauling the first industrial diamonds to England from African ports
Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship.
d) transporting British troops around their global empire
Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship.
a) laying underwater cable for the new telegraph systems
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