CS SEINE
Built in 1859 Thames Ironworks
Length 338.3 ft Breadth 44.1 ft Depth 33.9 ft Gross tonnage 3553
Built as a twin funnelled paddle steamer for the Royal Mail Lines for use on their West Indian routes. Converted to screw propulsion in 1872 with a single funnel. First chartered by Telcon for cable work in 1873 and then purchased outright in 1876. Fitted with 4 cable tanks; No 1, 25 ft dia by 20 ft deep; No 2, 36 ft by 20 ft deep; No 3, 36 ft 10 ins by 12 ft 10 ins; No 4, 32 ft 5 ins by 12 ft 10 ins; giving a coiling capacity of 52297 cu ft. A standard paying out machine was fitted aft. The forward machine was a new design with overhanging drums, it could be either left or right handed and one of each was mounted either side of a common steam engine. Twin bows and a single stern sheave were fitted. Scrapped in 1905
CABLE WORK
Captain S.R. Welch: |
1873 |
Carcavelos, Portugal - Madeira |
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Captain S.H. Dudden: |
1874 |
St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands - Pernambuco (Recife), Brazil |
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Captain H. Manning: |
1876 |
Suez - Suakin - Perim - Aden |
1877 |
Aden - Bombay, India |
1879 |
Moçambique - Delagoa Bay, Lorenzo Marques |
1880 |
Banjoewangie, Java - Darwin, Australia |
1880 |
Placentia - St Pierre |
1880 |
Valentia, Ireland - Hearts Content, Newfoundland |
1881 |
Singapore - Batavia |
1882 |
Carcavelos, Portugal - Madeira (2) |
1883 |
Aden - Suez (3) |
1883 |
Nagasaki, Japan - Gutzlaff Island, Shanghai |
1883 |
Gutzlaff Island, - Wusung, Shanghai, China |
1884 |
Hong Kong - Tonkin |
1884 |
Java - Sumatra, DEI. |
1885 |
Zanzibar - Mozambique (2) |
1886 |
Penang - Singapore |
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Captain W.R. Cato: |
1887 |
Massawa - Assab, Eritrea |
1887 |
Assab, Eritrea - Perim Island, Ta'izz, Yemen |
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Capt J. Seymour: |
1888 |
Bali - Macassar - Java |
1889 |
Banjoewangie, Java - Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA, Australia |
1889 |
Montevideo - Chuy |
1890 |
Newbiggin by the Sea, England - Marstrand, Sweden |
1891 |
Madras - Penang No. 2 |
1892 |
Medan - Acheen |
1893 |
Carcevalos, Portugal - Sao Miguel - Fayal - Pico - Sao Jorge: Pico - Terceira: Sao Jorge - Graciosa, Azores |
1894 |
Labuan - Hong Kong |
1896 |
New York - Coney Island |
1896 |
Coney Island, USA - Cap Haitien, Haiti |
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1897 |
Bali - Lombok: Oleleh - Sabang, DEI |
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Captain H. Woodcock: |
1899 |
St Helena - Ascension |
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1901 |
Java - Bandjermasin |
CABLE REPAIRS
Captain H. Manning: |
1877 |
1865 - 6 Atlantic |
1878 |
1866 Atlantic |
1882 |
Porthcurno - Carcavelos |
1882 |
1873 Carcavelos - Madeira |
1883 |
1871 Nagasaki - Gutzlaff |
1884 |
Saigon - Singapore renewal near Singapore |
1884 |
Banjoewangie - Darwin renewal near Darwin |
1884 |
Penang - Rangoon near Penang |
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Captain J. Seymour: |
1889 |
Banjoewangie - Darwin |
1890 |
Madras, India - Penang, Malaya renewal near Penang |
1893 |
Greetsiel - Valentia off Valentia |
1893 |
Greetsiel - Valentia off Isle of Wight |
1896 |
Brest - St Pierre 2 repairs, off Brest, near Flemish Cap |
1897 |
Greetsiel - Valentia off Dover |
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Captain Price: |
1897 |
Brest - St. Pierre off Flemish Cap and on the Bank |
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1904 |
Valentia - Hearts Content 1873 cable |
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Captain Hoad: |
1904 |
St. Pierre - Sydney 1880 cable |
1904 |
St. Pierre Duxbury 1869 cable |
1904 |
Valentia - Hearts Content 1874 cable |
1904 |
Valentia - Hearts Content 2 repairs 1873 cable |
1905 |
Valentia - Hearts Content 1880 cable |
OTHER DUTIES
Captain H. Manning: |
1884 |
Recovered 389 nm cable between Banjowangie and Darwin. Discharged at Singapore |
1887 |
Spithead Naval Review |
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