[DOC] [TLE] SS Great Britain - Wikipedia [PAR] SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was 
advanced for ... Great Britain's builders recognised a number of advantages of 
iron over the ... ship is about 300 feet, after which hoggingthe flexing of the hull 
as waves ... Reporting on the ship's arrival in New York, in its first issue Scientific
... [DOC] [TLE] Frigate - Wikipedia [PAR] A frigate /frt/ is any of several types of warship, the term having been used 
for ships of various sizes and roles over the last .... Carrying 60 guns, these 
vessels were as big and capable as 'great ships' of the time; ... The first British 
frigates carried 28 guns including an upper deck battery of twenty-four ..... 49, 298
300. [DOC] [TLE] Steamship - Wikipedia [PAR] A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is an ocean faring seaworthy vessel 
that is ... The key innovation that made ocean-going steamers viable was the 
change .... The SS Great Britain was the first ship to combine these two 
innovations. .... engine and hull design gave a ship that could steam at 10 knots 
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and it's best discussed through a scientific concept called buoyancy, ... But that 
doesn't really explain why an aircraft carrier (made from dense... [DOC] [TLE] ship - History of ships | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 23, 2015 ... Any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, ... from Upper Egypt 
that were as long as 300 feet (100 metres), longer than .... In rigging the Chinese 
junk was far ahead of Western ships, with sails made of narrow panels, each tied 
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were large trading vessels commonly built in the Ragusea regions ... The rig 
consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast, with its head raised to the top .... 
These ships had long narrow hulls, and were fitted with oars like their galley 
predecessors. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Wind Powered Ships [PAR] The Sutton Hoo ship of 650AD was a full 90 feet long and of more intricate 
design ... The first decisive evidence of voyages made predominately by sail 
power dates ... So as not to damage the steering oars, the ship was loaded over 
the left or .... England's first attempt at designing large ships resulted in the 540 
ton Trinity... [DOC] [TLE] History of steamships - Q-files Encyclopedia [PAR] The first successful steam-powered vessel was a river steamer built in the USA 
by ... Ocean-going steamships kept sails, too, because they could not carry 
enough ... Larger and larger ships followed, including, in 1858, Brunel's SS Great 
Eastern ... in size, especially with the introduction of steel hulls in the late 19th 
century. [DOC] [TLE] SS Great Britain, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship - Historic UK [PAR] Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, wrought iron steamship built in 
1843. ... The Great Britain set the design standards for today's modern shipping 
and ... nearest rival, and was the first screw propelled, ocean-going, wrought iron 
ship. ... As meat went off easily on these long voyages, large numbers of live 
animals... [DOC] [TLE] Hurstwic: Viking Ships [PAR] Some people were buried in ships, or ship-like settings made of stones (below), 
.... When Hurstwic took our first voyage aboard the Longship Company's ship Sae 
... The Norse could raid well inland by sailing far up rivers that were too shallow 
for ... A larger ocean-going trader found at Skuldelev was 16.3m long (

Question: Over 300' long, theGreat Britainset sail as the first large oceangoing ship with a hull made of this
Answer: iron