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| Keywords: Hibernia (Cunard).jpg Artwork Creator James E Buttersworth en James Edward Buttersworth's painting of the RMS Hibernia british steamer for the Cunard Line fr Peinture de James Edward Buttersworth représentant le RMS Hibernia paquebot transatlantique britannique de la Cunard Line s 1850 oil canvas cm 45 72 60 96 accession number object history credit line en At the end of 1847 the British Government-backed and heavily Subsidized Cunard Line moved to inaugurate a regular scheduled steam packet service direct between Liverpool and New York and on December 29 1847 the HIBERNIA of 1 422 tons built in 1843 reached New York from Boston to be ready to commence service by sailing from New York to Liverpool on Saturday January 1 1848 HIBERNIA had a speed of 9 1/2 knots http //www questergallery com/exhibitions/buttersworth/buttersworth html questergallery com PD-old-100-1923 1894 James E Buttersworth Hibernia ship 1842 19th-century sailing ships in paintings | ||||
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