The Paddle Crosses the Ocean

Savannah's half-steam half-sail 1819 crossing, the 1838 Sirius–Great Western race that proved ocean steam, and the paddle mail fleets of P&O and the Adriatic that shrank the Victorian world.

Playlist by @paddle_steamer_history

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Dangerous History of Transatlantic Steamship Travel - IT'S HISTORY — IT'S HISTORY
2. The Evolution Of The Steam Ship | Great Liners — Big Ships!
3. Steamship Savannah Segment from "Savannah's Famous Ships" — Michael Jordan
4. S.S Savannah - The 1st transatlantic steamer — Schifffahrtsgeschichte
5. Hungry for History? The Story of the Steamship Savannah As Told by Capt. Moses Rogers — City of Savannah
6. SS Sirus first paddle steamer to cross Atlantic - captained by a Corkman | Season 1 - Episode 78 — Ireland Made - stories of Irish transport
7. 8th April 1838: The steamship Great Western begins her maiden voyage to New York — HistoryPod
8. Why was there TWO P&O Cruises? How come the two P&O’s were so different? — Chris Frame the Maritime Historian
9. The Full Story of RMS Adriatic — Shipwreck Sunday
10. Ships, Seas, Power – The Dawn of Globalisation | ARTE.tv Documentary — ARTE.tv Documentary