&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:SS_Great_Republic_under_construction,_1866.jpg) Great Republic under construction at the yard of Henry Steers, New York, 1866
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Great Republic |
| Owner | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| Route | San Francisco–China |
| Builder | Henry Steers |
| Launched | 8 November 1866 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Sand Island, 19 April 1879 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo sidewheel steamship |
| Tonnage | 4,100 GRT |
| Length | 380 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Depth of hold | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
| Propulsion | 105 in (2,700 mm) bore by 12 ft (3.7 m) stroke vertical beam steam engine |
| Speed | 15 to 20 knots (28 to 37 km/h; 17 to 23 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,450 passengers |
SS Great Republic was a sidewheel steamship and the largest passenger liner on the US west coast when it ran aground near the mouth of the Columbia River, on Sand Island, south of Ilwaco, Washington, in 1879, in a region of frequent wrecks known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.