The first steam vessel to cross the North Atlantic was the side-wheeler SAVANNAH, which sailed from Savannah, Georgia, on 22 May 1819, anchored off the Tybee Light, and sailed thence at 5 A.M., on 24 May. She anchored at Liverpool at 6 P.M., on 20 June 1819, after a voyage of 29 days 4 hours from Savannah. She then proceeded to Helsingor (
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