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Image: Steam paddle sloop HMS DRIVER enters Port Jackson on an historic voyage, 1846

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Description: Steam paddle sloop HMS DRIVER enters Port Jackson on an historic voyage, Jan. 1846 - artist unknown, Mitchell Library. En route to becoming the first steam vessel to circumnavigate the globe, the wooden paddle sloop HMS DRIVER, 1058 tons, passes through Sydney's Heads to enter Port Jackson. Her circumnavigation was completed on 14 May 1847 on her return to Portsmouth.
Title: Steam paddle sloop HMS DRIVER enters Port Jackson on an historic voyage, 1846
Credit: flickr- Mitchell Library
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