| Voyage: 28 October 1875 - 08 June 1876. |
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S. S. Hibernia
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Introduction
This page concerns John Seymour's 1875 voyage, as first mate of the SS Hibernia, to Sydney, Australia (etc), to lay a submarine telegraph cable.
The route was La Perouse, Sydney, Australia, to Wakapauka, New Zealand. The 1283 nm cable was made and laid by Telcon for the Eastern Extension Australia & China Telegraph Co. using cable ships Hibernia and Edinburgh.
HMS Challenger surveyed the route. TheSydney end of cable was diverted into Bondi Beach in 1917. The cable was withdrawn from service in 1932.
John Seymour was First Mate on CS Hibernia for this expedition.
See also the 1875 Illustrated London News article concerning this voyage.
Author and contact: Dougal WatsonThe ships and their crew
Hibernia
| Ship | Hibernia. ON 29387. Registered London: 36/1873. |
| Owner | Registered managing owner: Telegraph Construction Company, 38 Old Broad Street, London EC, England. |
| A voyage | from "London to Sydney and / or any port or ports in the Australian, New Zealand, and Cape Colonies, Indian & China Seas and Straits, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, & Japan, North & South Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, United States of America between Galveston & Portland inclusive California & Oregon, West Indies, the Continent of Europe including the Mediterranean, to and fro, for a period not to exceed two years, and back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom." |
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| Ship's crew and personnel | |
| Master | Wilson Robert Cato (10.781),previously "same ship". |
| Mate | John Seymour (34.778), previously same ship. |
| 2 mate | Arthur [???] (82.503), previously [?]Hydraepes 1875. |
| 3 mate | Charles Orr Madge (93.570), previously [?]Isabel, Liverpool 1875. |
| Jnr 2 mate | William Woods (96.677), previously Mabel, Liverpool, 1875. |
| Navigator | James Moody (32.360), previously Great Eastern, 1875. |
| Surgeon | [?]Hugo [?]Tollins (MRCS 30NOV1874), previously Great Eastern, 1875. |
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| Bosun | |
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| Notes | |
Agreement and Account of Crew (Foreign-going ship):
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| First two pages of the "Agreement and Account of Crew (Foreign-going ship)" for the 28 October 1875 - 08 June 1876 voyage of the cable-ship S S Hibernia, under Master Wilson Robert Cato. References: Cato 1876a. |
Edinburgh
| Ship | Edinburgh. ON 6348. Registered London: 37/1873. |
| Owner | Registered managing owner: Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company, 36[?] Old Broad Street, London EC, England. |
| A voyage | from "London to Adelaide and any other places in the Australasian and Cape Colonies, New Zealand, the Indian & China Seas and Straits, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, & Japan, North & South Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, to and fro for any period not exceeding two years, and back to port of final discharge in New South Wales or New Zealand." |
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| Ship's crew and personnel | |
| Master | Henry Manning (5.423),previously Edinburgh 1874. |
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| Bosun | |
| Other |
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Agreement and Account of Crew (Foreign-going ship):
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| First page of the "Agreement and Account of Crew (Foreign-going ship)" for the 28 October 1875 - 08 June 1876 voyage of the cable-ship S S Edinburgh, under Master Henry Manning. References: Manning 1876a. |
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