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 Viking (2) by Bill Glover

CS VIKING (2)

Built in 1901 by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Length 207.0 ft Breadth 36.0 ft Depth 13.7 ft Gross tonnage.

Built for the Amazon Telegraph Company with cable machinery etc., being supplied by Johnson and Phillips. The double combined paying out/picking up machine was mounted on the upper deck. Hauling capacity was 20 tons at half a knot or 5 tons at two knots. Three bow sheaves 4 ft 3 ins dia and one stern sheave 3 ft 2 ins dia were fitted along with three cable tanks. On the expiry of the company’s concession in 1945 all telegraph equipment, stations etc. were handed over to the Brazilian Government. Viking (2) was handed over to Fundaçao Brasil Central and used for exploration. Ran aground off Para, on 19 June 1950, broke her back and sank.

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