Here is a model of P.S. Great Western, a paddle steamer designed by the greatest engineer of his time - a certain Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It was built from an Airfix kit, an unusual departure for Ted
'Great Western' was built in 1837 for the Great Western Steam Ship Company in Bristol, for use in the transatlantic trade. At the time she was the first true ocean-going steamship, and the largest of its kind in the world.
The ship later sailed on the Southampton to West Indies mail route under the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, and was also used for troop transport by the Admiralty, including to the Black Sea. She was scrapped in 1857.
