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

HMS Kilmun
by Bill Glover

HMS KILMUN

Built during the first World War and used for a time as a 'Q' ship. Converted in 1917 for cable work and used in the development of laying techniques for harbour defence work. Fitted with a single paying out-picking up machine in 1922 by Johnson and Phillips, which was mounted on the weather deck, midway between the bridge and bows. A single bow sheave and two cable tanks were also fitted.

Sold in 1947 to a Norwegian coastal trading company. Foundered in 1948

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