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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network

CS Calcutta
by Bill Glover
CS CALCUTTA

Built in 1837 at Moulmein.

Gross tonnage 430

Originally a screw steamer and built for the Golden Fleece Line. When chartered in 1869 from Irvine and Company she had been converted to sail.

CABLE WORK
(with CS Tweed and Amberwitch)

1869 Bushire - Jask

Cableships Index Page

Last revised: 26 January, 2012

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