History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
CS Ile de Re by Bill Glover

CS IL DE RE

Built in 1983

Length 140.12 m Breadth 23.3 m Draught 7.3 m Gross tonnage ?

CS Ile de Re at Victoria, British Columbia, with Global Marine Systems Ltd. CS Bold Endurance moored astern.
Photograph © 2004 D. Moseley, England

Formerly a RO/RO ferry; converted by Remontowa, Poland, in 2002 into a cable maintenance ship, owned and operated by ALDA.

Six cable tanks provide storage for 4690 tonnes of cable. Storage for 40 repeaters is provided. Carries submersible ROV for cable burial.

CS Ile De Ré at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Photo © D. Moseley, England 2004

ALDA

ALDA is a company jointly owned by ALCATEL (51%) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (49%). ALDA supplies the crew for the cableships and ALCATEL provides the cable technicians.

Last revised: 11 May, 2007

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