S.S. Archimedes (1839)

by Suzanne | May 23, 2023 6:49 pm

S.S. Archimedes, fitted with Mr. F.P. Smith’s Patent Screw Propeller on her trip from Gravesend to Portsmouth. May 14, 1839. John Waters was building ships at the time in Portsmouth, and may have witnessed this voyage. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. See also P. 146 of the By Sea, By Land book.

Source URL: https://mywatersfamily.com/?p=6477