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

CS PERSIAN

Shipping the Mediterranean Cables (Piedmont -Corsica - Sardinia) on Board S.S. "Persian" at Morden Wharf, East Greeenwich, June, 1854

Built in 1852 at Glasgow

Gross tonnage 600

Chartered from Potter and Company by Glass, Elliot and Co., to lay the following cables.

CABLE WORK

1854 Corsica - Sardinia
1854 Spezia - Corsica

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Last revised: 23 October, 2015

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