This has been claimed (incorrectly) as the first passage from France to Britain by steam ship, but it was the first direct steam crossing from London to Paris and the first seagoing voyage by an iron ship anywhere.
This has been claimed (incorrectly) as the first passage from France to Britain by steam ship. It was the first direct steam. This first direct steam was crossing from London to Paris by an iron ship anywhere. This first direct steam was crossing from London to the first seagoing voyage by an iron ship anywhere.