The coin features the steam-powered ship Moltke launched in 1877 and built for the German Imperial Navy. She was of the Bismarck class and was originally designed to serve as a fleet scout and to ...
QUESTION What was Britain's first steam-powered ship? In 1794, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, built an experimental steam-powered vessel for the Admiralty. With an engine built by Walker and ...
The political geography of empire transformed with the Victorian rise of steam power and its infrastructure, especially with the emerging dominance of steam as the primary means of transoceanic travel ...
Two days later, the steam-powered ship encountered a fierce storm 35 miles off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, and simply vanished. All 32 people onboard, both captain and crew, were lost and ...