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Puzzle #56 was SS Great Eastern.
SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London, England. Powered by both sidewheels and a screw propeller, she was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling.
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What the record says
Puzzle 56 ran on 3 Sep 2026 and the answer was SS Great Eastern, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - steam; Flag - United Kingdom; Builder - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The numbers: Launched - 1850; Length - 211 m. 2 of the 7 columns are blank in the source (Tonnage and Status), so nobody could score them either way.
The photograph is by Scan by NYPL, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Type
- steam
- Flag
- United Kingdom
- Launched
- 1850
- Tonnage
- Not recorded
- Length
- 211 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel