History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
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CS Belgian
by Bill Glover

CS BELGIAN

Length 298 ft.  Breadth 38.6 ft.  Depth 25.5 ft.  Gross tonnage 2116

Chartered by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., from E. Bates & Co., Ltd., for two years and used to lay the following cables. Fitted with three cable tanks, two forward, 1 aft, with the following dimensions. No. 1, 30 ft. 6 ins dia by 18 ft. 6 ins deep, No. 2, 32 ft dia by 19 ft. deep, No. 3, 26 ft. 6 ins dia by 12 ft. 6 ins deep, giving a total coiling capacity of 31,242 cubic feet. Also fitted with the normal paying out-picking up cable machinery.

CABLE WORK

Capt. E. Leighton:
1870 Malta - Alexandria, Egypt
1871 Singapore - Saigon - Hong Kong

OTHER DUTIES

Capt. W. Bainbridge:
1870 Carried coals to Malta and Alexandria. Left UK 11 January and 16 April

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Last revised: 9 June, 2015

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