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A fact from SS President appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that SS President (pictured) became the first transatlantic steamship to founder when she disappeared in 1841 en route from New York to Liverpool with 136 people on board?

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Assessment[edit]

The lead section needs to summarize the entire article. It's rather weak in that respect currently and is the only issue holding the article up from a B-class rating. --Brad (talk) 18:22, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As per your suggestion, the opening has been expanded. GRUBBXDN (talk) 21:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Design and Dev. Clarification[edit]

The first sentence reads British and American recognized from the beginning that. There seems to be a noun missing. I'd add Captains, Entrepreneurs, or Shipping Companies, but I really don't know what the original author intended. It's been this way from the first edit. --Joshrulzz (talk) 22:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glitch[edit]

"Britannia Class, which was also commissioned in 1840." Which was the ship commissioned in 1840? Made a stab at it, but please vet my edit. Thank you.--Wetman (talk) 02:25, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]