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===Notable passengers and crew=== The ''Great Britain'' carried over 33,000 people during her working life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/travellers/|title=SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> These included: * [[Gustavus Vaughan Brooke]], Irish stage actor; travelled with Avonia Jones between Melbourne and Liverpool in 1861<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/7481|title=SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Fanny Duberly]], author and chronicler of the [[Crimean War]] and the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]; travelled between [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and [[Mumbai]] in 1857<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/36616/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * Colonel Sir [[George Everest]], British surveyor and geographer; served as Surveyor General of India; namesake of [[Mount Everest]]; travelled between [[Liverpool]] and [[New York City|New York]] in 1845<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/9/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[John Gray (master mariner)|John Gray]], Scottish born seaman; the ''Great Britain''{{'}}s longest serving captain; mysteriously disappeared while at sea; crew member 1852β1872<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/30012/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[James Hosken]], first captain of the ''Great Britain'' and before that the ''[[SS Great Western|Great Western]]'' from her maiden voyage until she ran aground in [[Dundrum Bay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/29527/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Avonia Jones]], American actress, travelled with Gustavus Vaughan Brooke between Melbourne and Liverpool in 1861<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/7669|title=SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Sister Mary Paul Mulquin]], Roman Catholic nun and educationalist; travelled between Liverpool and Melbourne in 1873<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/26805/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's SS Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Elizabeth Parsons (artist)|Elizabeth Parsons]], English-Australian artist, travelled between Liverpool and Melbourne in 1870.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/22493/|title = SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Anthony Trollope]], English novelist of the Victorian era; travelled between [[Liverpool]] and [[Melbourne]] in 1871, and wrote ''[[Lady Anna (novel)|Lady Anna]]'' during the voyage<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/24266/|title = SS Great Britain |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[Augustus Arkwright]], Royal Navy officer and a Conservative Party politician, and great grandson of [[Richard Arkwright]], travelled between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/489|title = SS Great Britain |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[George Inness]], prominent American landscape painter, travelled with his wife between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/576/|title=SS Great Britain : Brunel's ss Great Britain}}</ref> * [[Henry Arthur Bright]], English merchant and author, and partner in [[Gibbs, Bright & Co.]], travelled between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/508/|title=SS Great Britain |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[John Simcoe Macaulay]], businessman and political figure in [[Upper Canada]], travelled between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/590/|title=SS Great Britain |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[William Charles (fur trader)]], Pacific coast pioneer, [[Hudson's Bay Company]] factor, and a prominent figure in the early history of [[British Columbia]], travelled between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/511|title = SS Great Britain |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[Francis Pettit Smith]], one of the inventors of the [[screw propeller]], travelled between Liverpool and New York in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalstories.ssgreatbritain.org/_/traveller/627/|title=Francis Pettit Smith |publisher=SS Great Britain Trust }}</ref> * [[James Edward Alexander]], Scottish explorer, author and soldier, travelled between Melbourne and Liverpool in 1862, publishing a weekly newspaper aboard the ship<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-12875072/view?partId=nla.obj-12899464|title=The Albatross : record of voyage of the "Great Britain" steam ship from Victoria to England in 1862}}</ref>
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