Talk:SS Sirius (1837)

I looked up this article because of a "this day in history" article from scotsman.com. I think it merits further investigation. It certainly explains the short duration of the record, as it must have taken time to dismantle the ship to feed the boilers.

- - Fact Of The Day - - On this day, 1838 the 703-ton Sirius, built in Leith and chartered to the American Julius Smith, became the first vessel to cross the Atlantic powered entirely by steam. The ship limped into New York 18 days after setting off from Cork, Ireland, having used all of its coal reserves and much of its timber superstructure to complete the voyage. Read more of Scottish engineering and ingenuity at http://heritage.scotsman.com/ingenuity.cfm

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Suze Hammond 208.100.240.233 (talk) 06:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thoughts about range
The article says her range was 2,897 nmi, and she was "built for the London-Cork route."

While that range was not quite adequate for the transatlantic run, it's massive overkill for the London-Cork route. One wonders why the owners purchased much more range than they needed. 75.163.143.115 (talk) 10:51, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Movie reference
The 1938 movie "Rulers of the Sea" starring Douglas Fairbanks Jnr is a story very loosely based on the first voyage of the "Sirius". Based around fictional characters, the ship in the movie is named "Dog Star (Sirius)". Artistic licence aside, many aspects of the movie adhere to the real event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.50.38.204 (talk) 14:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)