QUESTION What was Britain's first steam-powered ship? In 1794, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, built an experimental steam-powered vessel for the Admiralty. With an engine built by Walker and ...

The coin features the steam-powered ship Moltke launched in 1877 and built ... But, it wasn’t until 1882, that it was deployed to carry the first German Expedition for the International Polar ...