History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
| Cable Timeline:
1901-1950 |
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the ship name links to see descriptions or images. Entries between 1901 and 1912 on this page with detailed manufacturing records in the notes column, as well as those listing repairs at the end of each year, have information from the Telcon Record Book of Submarine Cables Manufactured and Laid by the TC&M Company. Volume 1: 1850-1912. . High resolution scans of this book were made by its present curator, Alcatel-Lucent of Greenwich (now owned by Nokia), successor to the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company, and were provided to the Atlantic Cable website by Allan Green. Thanks as always to Bill Glover for his meticulous transcription of these records. |
| Year | Route | Manufacturer | Company or Operator | Cable Ships | Notes |
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| 1901 | Tschifu - Taku | Felten & Guillaume | German PTT | Von Podbielski | |
| 1901 | St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands - Madeira | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Anglia - Britannia (2) | System 1126 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all except the main cable were galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 14 BWG. steel wires. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3)(Madeira) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 plus 6 No.00 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 January, completed 11 January 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1901 | Porthcurno, England - Madeira | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Anglia - Britannia (2) | System 1305 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all except the main cable were galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 14 BWG. steel wires. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Madeira) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(St. Vincent) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3)(Madeira) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 plus 6 No.00 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 20 January, completed 30 January 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1901 | Ascension - Sierra Leone | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Anglia | System 1117 nm. CABLE: 1 core 200/160 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 15 No. 14 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Sierra Leone) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Ascension) 20 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 14 April, completed 23 April 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1901 | Bacton - Borkum - Emden 3 | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | GPO | Von Podbielski | |
| 1901 | Java - Bandjermasin | Telcon | Dutch East Indies Government | Seine | System 284 nm. |
| 1901 | Zante - Patros No 3 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Chiltern | |
| 1901 | Patras - Corinth No 3 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Chiltern | |
| 1901 | Kalamaki - Piraeus No 3 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | John Pender (2) | |
| 1901 | Piraeus - Syra No 3 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | John Pender (2) | |
| 1901 | MAIN - 4A: Azores - Waterville, Ireland | Siemens Bros | Commercial Cable Co | Faraday (1) | System 1204 nm |
| 1901 | WESTON - 2: Waterville, Ireland - Weston super Mare, England | India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works | Commercial Cable Co | Silvertown | System 330 nm |
| 1901 | Nova Scotia - St Pierre - Bay Roberts | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Scotia - Anglia | |
| 1901 | Jask - Muscat | Siemens Bros | Indian Government | Patrick Stewart (1) | |
| 1901 | Durban, South Africa - Mauritius | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Anglia | System 1718 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all except the main cable were galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 14 BWG. steel wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Both sections wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 16 May, completed 28 May 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1901 | Mauritius - Rodriguez Is | Telcon | Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Anglia | System 404 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all except the main cable were galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 14 BWG. steel wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Rodriguez Is.) 10 No. 2 BG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 6 BWG plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Both sections wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 September, completed 19 September 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1966. |
| 1901 | Rodriguez Is - Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Telcon | Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Anglia | System 2151 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 6 BWG plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Both sections wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 19 September, completed 3 October 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1966. |
| 1901 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Cottesloe, Perth, W. Australia | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Scotia - Britannia (2) | System 1714 nm. CABLE: 1 core 330/255 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BG, shore ends (2) 10 No. 6 BWG plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Both sections wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 4 October, completed 19 October 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1966. Britannia laid 160 nm of cable from Adelaide to just off Kangaroo Island consisting of the shore ends and intermediate cable. WFS 1948. C&W recovered part of this cable between Cottesloe and Cocos during 1986. |
| 1901 | Norfolk Island Landline | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | N/A | System 1.74 nm. 2 cores 130/130 each consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6th wrapped around 7th, both cores individually coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, wrapped together, then sheathed in brass tape and wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 9 BWG galvanised iron wires. Final serving 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. |
| 1901 | St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands - Fayal, Azores | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1901 | Suruga Kure - Yanagihara Shikoku, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 36 km. Four conductors insulated with gutta percha |
| 1901 | Tanigawa Kagoshima - Ohama, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 48½ km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 190? | Madagascar - Reunion - Mauritius | ? | French PTT | Francois Arago | System 1030 nm. |
| 190? | French Indo China - Borneo | ? | French PTT | Francois Arago | |
| 190? | Saigon - Tourane - Haiphong: Tourane - Amoy | ? | French PTT | Francois Arago | |
| 1901 | Tourane, French Indo China - Amoy, China | La Soci&été Générale des Téléphones - Mr A Grammont | French PTT | Francois Arago | Mr A Grammont manufactured the two shore ends of 8 & 10 nm, La Société manufactured 91 nm of intermediate cable and 700 nm of deep sea cable |
| 1901 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIR) | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Britannia (2) | System 0.7 nm. CABLE: 1 core 400/400 consisting of 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 January, completed 7 January 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1901 | St. Vincent - Pernambuco (REPAIR) | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Anglia | System 3.48 nm. CABLE: 1 core 250/250 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 February, completed 2 February 1901. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1902 | Cottesloe, Perth, W. Australia - Adelaide, S. Australia | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Scotia - Britannia (2) | System 1545 nm. CABLE: 1 core 280/200 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips coated with alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore ends (2) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 30 April 1901, completed 22 February 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1948. C&W recovered part of this cable between Cottesloe and Cocos during 1986. |
| 1902 | Tourane, French Indo China - Amoy, China | La Société Générale des Téléphones - A Grammont | French PTT | Francois Arago | Monsieur A Grammont manufactured the two shore ends of 8 & 10 nm, La Société manufactured 91 nm of intermediate cable and 700 nm of deep sea cable |
| 1902 | Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada - Fanning Island | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Colonia | System 3458 nm. CABLE: 1 core 600/340 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Bamfield) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Fanning Island) 10 No. 2 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 18 September, completed 17 October 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1902 | Fanning Island - Suva, Fiji | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Anglia | System 2043 nm. CABLE: 1 core 220/180 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable (1) 16 No. 13 BWG. wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Main cable (2) 17 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Suva) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Fanning Island) 10 No. 2 plus 6 No. 1 BWG. Laying commenced 18 October, completed 31 October 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1902 | Suva, Fiji - Anson Bay, Norfolk Island | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Anglia | System 982 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprising 7 strands copper wire 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 8 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Suva) 12 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Anson Bay) 10 No. 2 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 3 April, completed 10 April 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1964. |
| 1902 | Anson Bay, Norfolk Island - Southport, Australia | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Anglia | System 836 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprising 7 strands copper wire 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable (1)(Norfolk Island) 12 No. 8 BWG, intermediate cable (2)(Southport) 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Southport) 12 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Norfolk Island) 10 No. 2 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 13 March, completed 18 March 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. WFS 1964. |
| 1902 | Norfolk Island Landline | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | System 1.125 + 1.125 nm. CABLE: 2 cables each 130/130 with each of the 2 conductors consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, the two cores wrapped together, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 9 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. | |
| 1902 | Anson Bay, Norfolk Island - Doubtless Bay, New Zealand | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Anglia | System 519 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprising 7 strands copper wire 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable (1) 12 No. 8 BWG, intermediate cable (2)(Anson Bay) 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Doubtless Bay) 12 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (3)(Norfolk Island) 10 No. 2 plus 6 No. 00. Laying commenced 20 March, 26 March 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. Diverted into Takapuna Beach, Auckland in 1912. WFS 1964. |
| 1902 | Lagos, Nigeria - Cotonou, Dahomey | Telcon | African Direct Telegraph Co | John Pender (2) | |
| 1902 | Bathurst, Gambia - Bissau, French Guinea | Telcon | West African Telegraph Co | John Pender (2) | |
| 1902 | St Margarets Bay, England - La Panne, Belgium 2 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Alert (1) | Telephone cable |
| 1902 | Trecastell (near Rhosneigr, Isle of Anglesey) - Howth (Ireland) No 2 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1902 | Elsinore, Denmark - Helingsborg, Sweden | ? | Danish PTT | ? | First continuously loaded cable for Danish PTT |
| 1902 | Fehmarn Island, Germany - Laaland Island, Denmark | Felten & Guilleaume | ? | ? | Continuously loaded cable |
| 1902 | San Francisco - Honolulu | India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Silvertown | System 2277 nm. |
| 1902 | Muroeki, Yamaguchi-ken - Kumage, Ohita-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 39.4 km. Triple conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1902 | Kouzuhana Izu - Ohshima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 41.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1902 | Vera Cruz - Frontera - Campeche, Mexico | The Safety Wire & Cable Company, New York | Mexican Telegraph Dept | Ydun | System 472 nm. A condition of the contract was that the cable had to be in service by 2 April 1902, but according to the article in the link at the left, the actual completion date was not until October of that year. |
| 1902 | Penzance - Brignogan (REPAIR) | Telcon | GPO | Britannia (2) | System 7.34 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 8 BWG galvanised iron wires. Final serving 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 January, completed 13 January 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1902 | Borkum - Vigo (REPAIR) 2 repairs | Telcon | German Atlantic Telegraph Co | Britannia (2) | System 0.53 + 0.94 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Final serving 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 7 May, completed 10 May 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1902 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIR) repairs to 1894 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Britannia (2) | System 0.7 nm. CABLE: 1 core 600/340 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 17 September, completed 20 September 1902. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Manila, Philippines - Guam | Telcon | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Colonia - Anglia | System 1632 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 250/200 comprising 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No.14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving was applied. Intermediate cable (1) 12 No. 9 BWG, intermediate cable (2) 10 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Manila) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Manila)18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3)(Guam) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 20 May, completed 4 June 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1903 | Guam - Midway | Telcon | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Colonia | System 2607 nm. CABLE: 1 core 600/340 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 6 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before the jute serving was applied. Armouring, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Midway) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore ends 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 5 June, completed 22 June 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1903 | Midway - Honolulu, Hawaii | Telcon | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Colonia - Anglia | System 1332 nm. CABLE: 1 core 220/190 comprised 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 14 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Intermediate cable (1)(Midway) 10 No. 6 BWG, intermediate cable (2)(Honolulu) 12 No. 9 BWG, shore end (1)(Midway) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (Honolulu) 15 No. 3 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 26 June, completed 4 July 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.R. Lucas. |
| 1903 | Balikpapan - Kwandong | Telcon | Dutch East Indies Government | Patrol - Restorer | System 650 nm. |
| 1903 | Sitka - Juneau, Alaska | Safety Cable Company | US Army Signal Corps | Burnside | System 291 nm. |
| 1903 | Bamfield - Port Alberni | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | HMCS Iris (1) | Laid to replace the landline between these two points, which was frequently interrupted by falling trees and branches. |
| 1903 | Greetsiel - Borkum - Azores | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German Submarine Telegraph Co. (in 1904 absorbed by the German Atlantic Telegraph Co | Stephan - Von Podbielski | Diverted into Brest in 1917 for use by the French PTT. |
| 1903 | Borkum - Vigo (REPAIRS) | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Britannia (2) | System 3.05 nm. CABLE: 1 core 150/150 comprising 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 8 January, completed 10 January 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Le Havre, France - Waterville, Ireland (REPAIRS) 2 repairs | Siemens Bros | Commercial Cable Co. | Britannia (2) | System 4.53 +0.66 nm. CABLE: 1 core 70/75 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 3 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced21 January, completed 12 February 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Valentia, Ireland - Hearts Content, Newfoundland (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Britannia (2) | System 1.72 nm. CABLE: 1 core 400/400 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires.Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 5 March, completed 12 March 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Valentia, Ireland - Hearts Content, Newfoundland (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Britannia (2) | System 1.69 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 consisting of 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires.Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 27 April, completed 30 April 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Borkum - Vigo (REPAIRS) | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Britannia (2) | System 26.04 + 5.63 nm. CABLE: (1) 26.04nm.1 core 150/150 comprising 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 15 No. 14 plus 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. CABLE: (2) 5.63 nm. 1 core 370/250 all as above except armouring, 18 No. 6 plus 12 No. 6 BWG. Cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 8 January, completed 10 January 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Borkum - Lowestoft (REPAIR) repair to 1871 cable | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Britannia (2) | System 1.29 + 2.11 nm. CABLE: (1) 1.29 nm. 1 core 107/140 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. 12 No. 3 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2.11 nm. 1 core 107/150, then as above except armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG. Both cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 2 September, completed 6 September 1903. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Borkum - Fayal (REPAIRS) repair to 1903 cable | Telcon | German Submarine Telegraph Co. (in 1904 absorbed by the German Atlantic Telegraph Co. | Britannia (2) - von Podbielski | Cable details not provided. Work commenced 12 October 1903. Britannia was relieved on 23 October 1903 by von Podbielski who completed the work. Engineer in Charge F.I. Petley. |
| 1903 | Borkum - Vigo (REPAIRS) repair to 1896 cable | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Britannia (2) | System 2.99 + 5.44 nm. CABLE: (1) 2.99 nm. 1 core 150/150 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. 10 No. 2 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) As cable (1) less brass sheathing. Armouring, 15 No 14 plus 12 No. 2 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 31 October, completed 5 November 1903. Engineer in Charge F.I. Petley. |
| 1904 | Azores - New York | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German Atlantic Telegraph Co | Stephan - Von Podbielski | Duplicate of the 1900 German cable. Diverted into Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917 by Colonia. Operated by the GPO until 1929 then by Cable & Wireless. |
| 1904 | Sitka, Alaska - Seattle | The Safety Wire & Cable Company | US Army Signal Corps | Burnside | System 1070 nm. |
| 1904 | Sitka- Valdez, Alaska | ?, but probably Safety | US Army Signal Corps | Burnside | System 640 nm. |
| 1904 | Sasebo, Japan - Dairen, Manchuria | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 225 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1904 | Sotohama - Kyosaitou Island - Urushibara Peninsula, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 147.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1904 | Sumijima, Yamaguchi-ken - Okinoshima - Tsushima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 159.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1904-5 | Various | ? | Japanese Military | ? | Many cables were laid following the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 1904 | Brest - Cape Cod (REPAIRS) repair to 1898 cable | Telcon | La Compagnie Française des Câbles Télégraphiques | Britannia (2) | System 32.76 nm. 1 core 660/397 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 December, completed 26 February 1904. Engineer in Charge, T. London. |
| 1904 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Seine | System 3.16 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/400 comprising 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring,19 No.14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 4 June, completed 5 June 1904. Engineer in Charge F.I. Petley. |
| 1904 | St. Pierre - Sydney (REPAIRS) repair to 1880 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Seine | System 0.56 + 1.02 nm. CABLE: (1) 0.56 nm. 3 cores 107/140 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 12 No. 4 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions and dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 1.02 nm. As CABLE: (1) but wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 15 June, completed 17 June 1904. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley |
| 1904 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Seine | System 46.15 + 12.43 nm. CABLE: (1) 46.15 nm. 1 core 650/375 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 12.43 nm. As CABLE: (1) but core 650/400. Laying commenced 7 August, completed 28 August 1904. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1904 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Seine | System 10 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 August, completed 3 September 1904. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1905 | Santiago, Chile - Cienfuegos | ? | Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1905 | Marseilles, France - Barcelona, Spain | Telcon | Direct Spanish Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1905 | France - Senegal | ? | French PTT | ? | System 2847 nm. |
| 1905 | Constanza, Roumania - Constantinople, Turkey | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Eastern European Telegraph Company | Von Podbielski | |
| 1905 | Balikpapan - Macassar | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Dutch East Indies Government | Von Podbielski | 375 nm. |
| 1905 | Menado - Yap - Guam | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German-Netherland Telegraph Co | Stephan | System 5000 nm including entry below. Diverted to Palau by Japanese in 1942 |
| 1905 | Yap - Shanghai, China | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German-Netherland Telegraph Co | Stephan | Cable cut by the Japanese in 1916 and diverted to Okinawa |
| 1905 | MAIN - 5: Canso, Nova Scotia - Waterville, Ireland - Weston super Mare, England | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia - Anglia - Cambria - Mackay Bennett | System 2237 nm. CABLE: All cores 600/340 comprised 1 copper wire 0.153" dia., wrapped in 6 copper strips each 0.086" x 0.015". CABLE: (1) 2 cores each coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, galvanised iron wires, laid at Waterville. Shore end (3) 15 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore end (4) 15 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. CABLE: (2) As above but without brass sheathing. CABLE: (3) 1 core coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, main cable 18 No. 12 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends at Canso (1) 12 No. 4 BWG, Shore end (2) 12 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3) 15 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped as above. Shore end (4) 15 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. CABLE: (4) LANDLINE: 2 cores all as CABLE: (1) armouring, 24 No. 9 BWG., wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 June, completed 6 October 1905. Engineer in Charge, Colonia, F.R. Lucas, Cambria (Waterville shore end) T.P. London. Colonia laid the Canadian end of the cable, and during the laying ran aground on Fox Island off Nova Scotia. To enable Colonia to be floated off the cable was transferred to the Mackay Bennett. Colonia then sailed to Halifax for repairs. Anglia laid the eastern end. In 1926 this cable and the 1894 cable were diverted into Quidi Vidi Harbour by CS John W. Mackay |
| 1905 | Canso, Nova Scotia - Port aux Basques, Newfoundland | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Mackay Bennett | System 199 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 12 No. 9 BWG, shore ends (1) 12 No. 4 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 2 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced August 1905, completed September 1905. |
| 1905 | Galveston - Coatzacoalcos | Siemens Bros | Mexican Telegraph Co | Faraday (1) | System 674 nm. |
| 1905 | Kawasaki - Chichijima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | First section of Japan - Bonin Island cable |
| 1905 | Enbetsu, Hokkaido - Toro Karafuto, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 100.9 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1905 | Sakanoshita Wakkanai, Japan - Alexandrovsk, Russia | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 687.1 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1905 | Matsue - Utsuryoutou - Gensan, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 866.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1905 | Poulo Condor, French Indo China - Pontianak, Borneo, Dutch East Indies | La Société Générale des Téléphones - A Grammont | French PTT | Francois Arago | |
| 1905-6 | Tamatave, Madagascar - St Dennis, Reunion - Port Louis, Mauritius | La Société Générale des Téléphones - A Grammont | French PTT | Francois Arago | System 1030 nm. |
| 1905 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1880 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Seine | System 3.29 + 8.177 nm. CABLE: (1) 3.29 nm. 1 core 400/400 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 300/400 then as CABLE: (1) except armouring 12 No. 3 BWG. Both cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 February 1905, completed 10 February 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley |
| 1905 | Sennen Cove, England - Canso, Nova Scotia (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Siemens Bros | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 3.2 nm. CABLE: 1 core 350/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 4 September, completed 6 September 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1905 | Sennen Cove, England - Canso, Nova Scotia (REPAIRS) repair to 1880 cable. | Siemens Bros | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 10.91 + 0.7 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 17 No. 12 BWG galvanised iron wires. CABLE (2) 1 core 350/300 then as CABLE (1) except armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. Cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 23 September, completed 25 September 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1905 | Borkum - Lowestoft (REPAIRS) repair to 1871 cable. | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 1.69 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 107/140 each consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 October, completed 19 October 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1905 | Borkum - Fayal (REPAIRS) repair to 1903 cable. | German Atlantic Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 14.58 nm. CABLE: 1 core 500/290 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No.2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 22 October, completed 1 November 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. | |
| 1905 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1882 cable. | Siemens Bros | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 3.38 + 4.23 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 450/270 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 17 No. 12 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 350/300 then as above except armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. Cables wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 November, completed 20 November 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1905 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Siemens Bros | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 7.65 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 350/300 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 November, completed 3 December 1905. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Valparaiso - Iquique, Chile - Chorillos, Peru | Siemens Bros | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Faraday (1) | System 1797 nm. |
| 1906 | River Plate | Hoopers Telegraph Works | River Plate Telegraph Co | Cormorant (1) | |
| 1906 | Guam - Bonin Island | Siemens Bros | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Urmston Grange | System 975 nm. |
| 1906 | Manila - Shanghai | India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works | Commercial Pacific Cable Co | Silvertown - Store Nordiske (1) | |
| 1906 | Porthcurno, England - Fayal, Azores | Telcon | Europe & Azores Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1320 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 250/200 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 17 No. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) as CABLE: (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, intermediate cable, 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No.2 BWG. Wrapped as CABLE: (1). CABLE: (3) 2 cores then as CABLE: (2). Armouring, shore ends (2) 18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped as CABLE: (2). CABLE: (4)(Fayal) shore end as CABLE: (3) with armouring 18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 plus 6 No.00 BWG. Laying commenced 7 August, completed 15 August 1906. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1906 | St Vincent Cape Verde Islands - Fayal, Azores | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1462 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 330/225 consisting of 1 copper wire wrapped with 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 NO. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) as CABLE: (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG. Wrapped as CABLE: (1). CABLE (3) 2 cores 330/225, then as CABLE:(1) except armouring, shore ends (2) 18 No. 8 plus 14 No.1 BWG. Wrapped as above cables. CABLE (4)(Fayal) shore end as CABLE (3) except armouring, 18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00. Laying commenced 16 August, completed 26 August 1906. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1906 | Shetland Islands - Faroe Islands | Telcon | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 215 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 180/180 comprising 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 13 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) intermediate cable, as CABLE (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hemp dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) Shore end (1) (Shetlands) as CABLE: (2), armouring, 9 No. 1 BWG, then wrapped as CABLE: (1). CABLE: (4) Shore ends (2) armouring as CABLE: (3) wrapped as CABLE: (2). CABLE: (5) Shore ends (3) As CABLE: (2) armouring, 12 No. 1 BWG. wrapped as CABLE: (1). CABLE: (6) Shore end (4)(Faroes) As CABLE (2), armouring, 15 No. 6 plus 16 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped as CABLE: (1). Laying commenced 23 July, completed 29 July 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Faroe Islands - Iceland | Telcon | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 318 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 180/180 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 17 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) intermediate cable as CABLE: (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied, armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hemp dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) shore ends (1) as CABLE: (2), armouring 9 No. 1 BWG, wrapped as CABLE: (1) CABLE: (4) shore ends (2) as CABLE (3) wrapped as CABLE: (2). Laying commenced 25 July, completed 23 August 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Germany - Norway | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German & Norwegian PTT | Stephan | |
| 1906 | Lake Constance | Siemens & Halske | ? | ? | Lump loaded cable |
| 1906 | Milo - Kimolo | Telcon | Greek Government - Eastern Telegraph Co | Levant I | |
| 1906 | Kawasaki - Chichijima Ogasawara, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | Jyuuzou Maru | System 1235.9 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha. Landing moved to Koshinakajima Arakawa in December 1906 |
| 1906 | Chichijima Ogasawara - Hahajima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 72.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1906 | Ohshima - Nijima - Miyakejima - Hachijyojima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 252.8 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1906 | Valentia - Heart's Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 0.34 nm. CABLE: 1 core 400/400 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring 10 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 January, completed 19 January 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Sennen Cove, England - Canso, Nova Scotia (REPAIRS) repair to 1882 cable. | Siemens Bros | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 2.42 + 0.7 + 3.3 nm. CABLE:(1) 2.42 nm. 1 core 350/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 24 No.15 plus 14 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (2) 0.7 nm. 1 core 450/270 then as CABLE (1) except armouring, 17 No. 12 BWG. CABLE: (3) 1 core as CABLE (2), armouring 15 No. 10 BWG. CABLE (2) & (3) wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 18 February, completed 3 March 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Ponce - St. Croix (REPAIRS) repair to 1875 cable. | Telcon | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 45.3 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 30 March, completed 5 April 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Jamaica - San Juan (REPAIRS) repair to 1870 cable. | Telcon | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 78 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 11 April, completed 26 April 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley |
| 1906 | Jamaica - Colon (REPAIRS) repair to 1870 cable. | Telcon | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 5.06 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 30 April, completed 3 May 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Jamaica - Cuba (REPAIRS) repair to 1878 cable. | Telcon | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 0.05 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 May, completed 7 May 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Jamaica - Cuba (REPAIRS) repair to 1870 cable. | Telcon | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 0.96 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced and completed 8 May 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Valentia - Heart's Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 1.83 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 June, completed 10 June 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Sennen Cove, England - Canso, Nova Scotia (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 2.27 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced and completed 11 June 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Valentia - Heart's Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable. Shore end replacement at Valentia. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 80 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Shore end (1) 10 No. BWG, shore end (2) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 650/375 then as CABLE: (1) except armouring, 16 No. 1 BWG. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 18 September, completed 23 September 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1906 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable | Siemens Bros | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 2.83 nm. CABLE: 1 core 450/270 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 14 No. 5 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 15 December, completed 20 December 1906. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | HAVANA - 1: New York - Havana, Cuba | India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works | Commercial Cable Company of Cuba | Silvertown | System 1288 nm. Leased to All America Cables. |
| 1907 | Moen, Denmark - Leipaja - St Petersburg, Russia | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Stephan | System 904 nm. |
| 1907 | Varna - Sebastopol | Siemens Bros | Russian Government | Faraday (1) | System 305 nm. |
| 1907 | Durban - Mozambique | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1186 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 250/200 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable (1) 16 No. 13 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 200/180 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, 16 No. 13 BWG. CABLE: (3) as CABLE (1) but with brass sheathing applied prior to the jute serving being added. Armouring, intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore ends (2) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 November, completed 13 November 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Coney Island, New York - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | Telcon | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1464 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 200/175 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable (1) 15 No. 14 BWG, main cable (2) 16 No. 13 BWG. CABLE: (2) as CABLE: (1) with brass sheathing applied before the jute serving was added. Armouring, main cable (3) 16 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions, dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) as CABLE: (2) armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (4) 2 cores each as CABLE: (2) armouring, 18 No. 8 plus 15 No. 1 BWG. CABLES: (3)&(4) wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 22 June, completed 7 July 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Colon, Panama | Telcon | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 783 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable (1) 15 No. 13 BWG. 3 nm main cable was sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. CABLE: (2) As CABLE: (1) but with brass sheathing applied before jute serving added. Armouring, intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (3) 2 cores 130/130 then as CABLE: (2), armouring, shore ends 18 No. 8 plus 15 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 July, completed 15 July 1907. |
| 1907 | Imaji Shikoku - Ohshima - Hakatajima - Daisanjima - Ikukoujima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 18.3 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1907 | Isono Aomori - Ohmorihama Hakodate, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 108.8 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1907 | Sakharin - Nayoro - Maoka - Kaibashima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1907 | Barcelona - Majorca | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Ca | System 148 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 14 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions and dipped in Chattertons Compound. Intermediate cable 12 No. 9 BWG, shore ends (1) 12 No. 5 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 9 plus14 No. 2 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 15 March, completed 19 March 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Coney Island - New York Pier A | Commercial Cable Co. | Laid from the lighter "Tramp" | System 13.56 nm CABLE: 3 cores 200/175 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 25 June, completed 26 June 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. | |
| 1907 | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works supplied the core - Telcon made the cable | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Laid from a "lighter" | System 2.6 nm. CABLE: 2 cores 130/130 and 2 cores 200/200 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 July, completed 15 July 1907. Laying commenced and completed 6 July 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Delagoa Bay - Moçambique (Diversion into Beira. Northern Leg) | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 96 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Beira) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Beira)10 No. plus 14 No.1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 17 November, completed 23 November 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Delagoa Bay - Moçambique (Diversion into Beira. Southern Leg) | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 79.43 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 120/175 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, intermediate cable (1) 10 No. BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, intermediate cable (2) 10 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Beira) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Beira) 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 23 November, completed 27 November 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Quelimane - "T" piece to Mozambique - Beira cable of 1879 and 1907. | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 61 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 16 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 1 core 107/140 then as CABLE: (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, intermediate cable 10 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (3) shore end (1) (Quelimaine) 1 core 130/130 then as CABLE: (2) armouring, 10 No.2 BWG. These wrapped as CABLE: (1). CABLE: (4) shore end (2)(Quelimaine) as CABLE: (3) with armouring 10 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Laying commenced 9 December, completed 11 December 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. He was murdered by natives at Mombasa. |
| 1907 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 4.31 + 3.76 nm. CABLE:(1) 1 core 400/400 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 650/375 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattetons Compound. Laying commenced 15 July, completed 8 September 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1882 cable. | Siemens Bros, Cable 1 - Telcon, Cable 2 | American Telegraph & Cable Co. | Cambria | System 2.625 + 0.27 + 3.29 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 350/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 400/400 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, 12 No. 3 BWG. CABLE: (3) As CABLE: (2), armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 16 June, completed 17 June 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Telcon, Cable 1 - Siemens Bros, Cables 2 - 3 | American Telegraph & Cable Co. | Cambria | System 0.434 + 1.61 + 1.041 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 400/400 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 10 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 350/300 thenas CABLE: (1). Armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. CABLE (3) 1 core450/270 then as CABLE: (1), armouring 15 No. 10 BWG. CABLE: (1) wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Details not provided for CABLES: (2) & (3). Laying commenced 19 June, completed 21 June 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1880 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 84.4 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable (1) 19 No. 14 BWG, shore end (1)(Valentia) 10 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 650/400. Then as CABLE: (1) Armouring, main cable (2) 18 No. 14 BWG. CABLE: (3) 2 cores 1, 650/375, 1, 400/400. The former new core, the latter repaired core. Armouring, shore end (2)(Valentia) 16 No. 1 plus 13 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 15 July, completed 8 September 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 57.48 + 5 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Valentia)10 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 1, 650/375, 1, 400/400. Then as CABLE: (1) The former new core, the latter repaired core. Armouring, shore end (2)(Valentia) 16 No. 1 plus 13 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 23 July, completed 28 July 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Ste Tome - Ste Paul de Loanda (REPAIRS) repair to 1886 cable. | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 106 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 16 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 13 October, completed 16 October 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1907 | Borkum - Vigo (REPAIRS) repair to 1896 cable. | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 22.48 nm. 1 core 507/330 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No, 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 7 November, completed 19 November 1907. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1907 | Durban - Delagoa Bay (REPAIRS) Part renewal 1879 cable. | Telcon | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 74.5 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 9 BWG and 10 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 November, completed 30 November 1907. Engineer in Charge, T.P. London. |
| 1908 | Trieste - Pola - Sebenike | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Italian PTT | Stephan | |
| 1908-11 | Borkum - Tenerife - Monrovia - Pernambuco | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German South American Telegraph Co | Stephan | System 5000 nm. The first segment from Emden/Borkum to Tenerife entered service on 26 August 1909. The second from Tenerife to Monrovia became operational on 21 March 1910. The final segment from Monrovia to Pernambuco was completed on 20 March 1911. (Charles Lesage: La Rivalité Anglo-Germanique, Paris 1915) |
1908 |
Tschifu - Dairen |
? |
Japan - ICT |
? |
Japan laid a cable from Dairen to within 7½ miles (13 km) of Tschifu, the Imperial Chinese Telegraph (ICT) laid the remaining 7½ miles of cable to Tschifu. Each operated its own section of the cable. |
| 1908 | Cadiz - Tenerife | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 764 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 130/154 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 15 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable (1)(Cadiz) 12 No. 8 BWG, intermediate cable (2) 12 No. 6 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Shore ends (1) 12 No. 4 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2)(Landline) 2 cores 130/154 each of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha sheathed in India Rubber then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. Length laid at Cadiz 0.694 nm. at Tenerife 0.81 nm. Laying commenced 4 November, completed 15 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Tenerife - Palma | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 73 nm. CABLE: 1 core as Cadiz - Tenerife section (CABLE: 1). Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 15 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 NO. 6 BWG. These wrapped in 2 layers hessian wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound shore ends (1) 12 No. 4 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 8 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 November, completed 22 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Hierro - Gomera | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 56 nm. CABLE: All as Tenerife - Palma section. Laying commenced 25 November, completed 26 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Gomera - Tenerife | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 40 nm. CABLE: All as System 56 nm. CABLE: All as Tenerife - Palma section. Laying commenced 25 November, completed 26 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Tenerife - Gran Canaria | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 56 nm. CABLE: All as Tenerife - Palma section. Landline 0.81 nm laid at Tenerife. Laying commenced 25 November, completed 26 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Gran Canaria - Feurteventura | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 154 nm. CABLE: All as Tenerife - Palma section. Laying commenced 7 December, completed 10 December 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Feurteventura - Lanzarote | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Colonia | System 40 nm. CABLE: All as Tenerife - Palma section. Laying commenced 11 December, completed 12 December 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Seabrook, England - Audresselles, France | Siemens Bros | GPO | ? | |
| 1908 | Seabrook, England - Le Portel, France | Siemens Bros | GPO | ? | |
| 1908 | Cocos - Batavia | Telcon 784 nm | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Patrol | |
| 1908 | Naruto - Seto, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 0.6 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1908 | Soubiraki - Shisakajima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 18.8 km. Double conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1908 | Zafarin - Nemours | Telcon | ? | Duplex | System 29 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, main cable 12 No. 9 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 5 BWG, shore ends 12 No. 9 plus 14 No. 2 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 July, completed 13 July 1908. |
| 1908 | Brest - Dakar (REPAIRS) repair to 1905 cable. | Telcon | French PTT | Cambria | System 63.8 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 507/330 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 24 No. 14 BWG. CABLE: (2) As CABLE: (1) but armouring 18 No. 14 BWG. CABLE (3) 1 core 500/290 then as CABLE: (2). All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 4 October 1907, completed January 16 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Aden - Zanzibar (REPAIRS) renewal of 1879 cable. | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 98.23 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 500/290 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 January, completed 9 January 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1908 | Aden - Bombay (REPAIRS) repair to 1891 cable. | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 3 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 500/290 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 16 No. 1 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 27 January, completed 30 January 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1908 | Aden - Bombay (REPAIRS) repair to 1877 cable. | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 9.25 + 3 nm. CABLE: (1) 2 cores 250/200 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires 14 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 250/200 then as CAB LE: (1). Armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 24 January, completed 31 January 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1908 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1894 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 0.15 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 March, completed 5 March 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Aden - Bombay (REPAIRS) renewal to 1870 cable. | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 546 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 500/290 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13 BWG. The following were sheathed in brass tape prior to the jute serving being applied. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Bombay) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. CABLE (2) 2 cores 500/300 then as CABLE: (1)each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, shore end (3)(Bombay) 16 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 2 February, completed 12 March 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1908 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1880 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Colonia | System 58.13 + 55 + 29.39 nm. CABLE (1) 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) As CABLE: (1) but with armouring 15 No. 9 BWG. CABLE: (3) 1 core 500/290 then as CABLE: (1), armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (4) 1 core size quoted as "Various" then as CABLE: (1) armouring quoted as "Various". All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 8 February, completed 5 April 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Siemens Bros, Cables 1-4 - Telcon Cable, 5 | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 5.356 + 0.495 + 0.71 + 1.479 + 3.805 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 17 No. 11 plus 18 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 350/300 then as CABLE: (1) with armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (3) 1 core 450/270 then as CABLE: (1) armouring, 12 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (4) 1 core 450/270 then as CABLE: (1) armouring, 17 No. 11 plus 15 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (5) 1 core 400/400 then as CABLE: (1) armouring 12 NO. 6 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 May, completed 28 May 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1882 cable. | Siemens Bros, Cables 1-3 - Telcon, Cables 4-5 | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 13.206 + 13.192 + 0.46 + 0.79 + 9.725 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 350/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 24 No. 15 BWG. CABLE: (2) as CABLE: (1) armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 14 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (3) 1 core 400/360 then as CABLE: (1), armouring, 24 No. 15 plus 14 No. 5 BWG. CABLE: (4) 1 core 500/290 then as CABLE: (1) but with brass sheathing applied before jute serving was added. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (5) 1 core 400/400 then as CABLE: (1), armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 May, completed 29 May 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Ballinskelligs - Halifax (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Direct United States Cable Co | Cambria | System 8.77 + 20 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 500/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape, then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE (2) 1 core 400/360 then as CABLE: (1), including armouring. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 22 June, completed 4 July 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Cadiz - Tenerife (REPAIRS) repair to 1883 cable. | Telcon | Spanish National Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 18.4 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable (1) 14 No.13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 9 BWG. Main cable (3) 14 No. 13 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in cutch. Main cable (2) 14 No 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 19 August, completed 10 September 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Las Palmas - Lanzarote (REPAIRS) repair to 1884 cable. Shore end Las Palmas. | Telcon | Spanish National Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 0.83 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, shore end (Las Palmas) 10 No. 6 plus 10 by 3 strands No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Laying commenced 23 September, completed 24 September 1908. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1908 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1881 cable. | Telcon, Cable 1 - Siemens Bros, Cable 2 | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 9.263 + 0.353 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 400/400 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE (2) 1 core 350/300 then as CABLE: (1), armouring, 24 No. 15 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 14 October, completed 15 October 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O, Studdert. |
| 1908 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1894 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 9.17 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end 10 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 2 November, completed 7 November 1908. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O, Studdert. |
| 1909 | Flinders, Victoria - Low Head, Tasmania | Siemens Bros | Federal Post Office | Faraday (1) | Two cables were laid and were known as "East"and "West" cables. They were brought into service on 1 May 1909. In 1943 using the steamship SS Mernoo these two cables were recovered and laid between Cape York, Queensland and Delena, New Guinea for use by Australian Military Forces engaged in driving the Japanese out of New Guinea |
| 1909 | Waterville - Canso Northern diversion of 1884 cable to St. Johns, Newfoundland | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 276 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in cutch. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 250/200 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, shore ends (2) 14 No. 1 plus 13 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (3) As CABLE: (2) but sheathed in lead. Armouring, 15 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (4) 2 cores 250/200 each then as CABLE: (1). Individually sheathed with 36 No. 19 BWG wires, wrapped in 2 alternate layers jute and Chattertons Compound. The 2 cables were strapped together with steel ferrules, wrapped in tarred jute, armoured with 36 No. 2 BWG wires and wrapped in 2 layers jute combined with 3 layers Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 July, completed August 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. CABLE: (4) was constructed to withstand contact with ice and CABLE: (3) was run up a cliff at the landing point. |
| 1909 | NY - 1: St. John's, Newfoundland - New York | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 1307 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 250/200 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(St. John's) 10 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in cutch. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 250/200 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, shore end (2)(St. John's) 14 No. 1 plus 13 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (3) As CABLE: (2) but sheathed in lead. Armouring, 15 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (4) 2 cores 250/200 each then as CABLE: (1). Individually sheathed with 36 No. 19 BWG wires, wrapped in 2 alternate layers jute and Chattertons Compound. The 2 cables were strapped together with steel ferrules, wrapped in tarred jute, armouring 36 No. 2 BWG wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute combined with 3 layers Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 July, completed 2 August 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. CABLE: (4) and CABLE: (3) as above. Provided a direct link to New York for the 1884 cable diverted in 1909. |
| 1909 | Waterville - Canso Southern diversion of 1884 cable to St. Johns, Newfoundland, Eastern leg | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 257 nm. CABLE: 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Intermediate cable (1) 13 No. 9 BWG, intermediate cable (2) 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(St. John's) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore end (2)(St. John's) 13 No. 9 plus 12 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 December, completed 11 December 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1909 | Waterville - Canso Southern diversion of 1884 cable to St. Johns, Newfoundland, Southern leg | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 223 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(St. John's) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore end (4)(St. John's) 17 No. 12 plus 12 No. 1 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 350/300 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, shore end (2)(St. John's) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3)(St. John's) 24 No. 15 plus 12 No. 1 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 14 December, completed 18 December 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1909 | Dailian - Shibaso, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 166.1 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1909 | Takei Kagawaken - Azukijima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 10.1 km. Double conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1909 | Borkum - Fayal, (REPAIRS) repair to 1903 cable. | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 4.05 + 5.17 + 2.31 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 500/290 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 10 No. 2 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 1 core 370/250 then as CABLE: (1) without the brass sheathing. Armouring, 17 No. 14 plus 8 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (3) 1 core 600/340 then as CABLE: (2). Armouring, 18 No. 11 plus 16 No. 2 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 19 March, completed 3 April 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1909 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 40 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 25 April, completed 18 June 1909. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1909 | Coney Island, New York - Guantanamo Bay (REPAIRS) repair to 1907 cable. | Telcon | Central and South American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 10.22 nm. CABLE: 1 core 200/175 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 16 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 August, completed 6 August 1909. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1909 | Tangier - Ceuta, Morocco (REPAIRS) | Telcon | ? | Telconia | System 5.07 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 23 August, completed 26 August 1909. |
| 1909 | Melilla - Zafarin, Morocco (REPAIRS) | Telcon | ? | Telconia | System 2.3 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrap-ed in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 28 August, completed 29 August 1909. |
| 1909 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | Cambria | System 54.23 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 September, completed 22 September 1909. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1909 | Madeira - St. Vincent (REPAIRS) repair to 1874 cable. | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Telconia | System 31.2 + 40.475 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 130/154 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires 15 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 1 core 130/130 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, 16 No. 13 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 September, completed 24 September 1909. |
| 1909 | Saõ Jorge - Graciosa (REPAIRS) repair to 1893 cable. | Telcon | Europe & Azores Telegraph Co | Telconia | System 0.465 nm. CABLE: 1 core 360/250 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 October, completed 5 October 1909. |
| 1909 | Waterville - Le Havre (REPAIRS) repair to 1885 cable. | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | System 1.762 nm. CABLE: 1 core 70/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 8BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons compound. Laying commenced 14 November, completed 21 November 1909. | |
| 1909 | Valentia - Hearts Content (REPAIRS) repair to 1873 cable. | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co. | System 11.121 + 1.879 + 6.306 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 700/360 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 13 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 650/375 then as CABLE: (1) less the brass sheathing. Armouring, 19 No. 14 BWG, both galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) 1 core 400/400 then as CABLE: (2). Armouring, 18 No. 14 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 9 December, completed 18 December 1909. | |
| 1910 | Conception Bay, Newfoundland - Coney Island, New York | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia - Telconia | System 1410 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 350/250 comprised 1 copper conductor wrapped in 4 strips copper, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable (1) 12 No. 6 BWG, intermediate cable (2) 10 No. 1 BWG. Shore end (1)(Conception Bay) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) 2 cores then as CABLE: (1) armouring, shore end (2)(Coney Island) 14 No.1 BWG, shore end (3)(Conception Bay) 14 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00. Laying commenced 4 August, completed 29 September 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. Provided a direct link to New York for the 1884 cable diverted in 1910 |
| 1910 | WESTON - 3: Waterville, Ireland - Weston super Mare, England | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia - Telconia | System 335 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 220/180 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 10 No.1 BWG. 60 nm. of this cable wrapped in 1 layer hessian tape and 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound, the remainder without the hessian tape. Shore end (1)(Waterville) 10 No. 6 BWG, shore end (2)(Waterville) 16 No. 6 plus 6 No. 00 BWG, shore end (3)(Weston super Mare) 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 18 May, completed 17 June 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1910 | Ascension - Buenos Aires | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia - Cambria - Cormorant (2) | System 3144 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 700/360 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13½ BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions, dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (2) as CABLE: (1) but with brass sheathing applied prior to the jute serving. Armouring, intermediate cable, 13 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (3) 2 cores 350/250 then as CABLE: (2). Armouring, shore end (2)(Buenos Aires) 15 No. 2 BWG, shore end (3)(Ascension) 15 No. 1 BWG, shore end (4)(Ascension) 15 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 January, completed 18 May 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. The span from Ascension to Buenos Aires was the second longest telegraph cable laid. Cambria laid 300 nm of deep sea cable with Colonia laying the rest. First direct cable from Argentina to Europe, inaugurated May 1910 (source: commemorative medal at NMM) |
| 1910 | River Plate | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Cormorant (2) | CS Cormorant (2) laid all the cable up the River Plate |
| 1910 | Bay Roberts, Newfoundland - Sennen Cove, Cornwall, England | Telcon | Anglo American Telegraph Co | Colonia - Telconia | System 2036 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 700/360 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. CABLE (2) as CABLE (1) but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore ends (2) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) 2 cores each 700/360 then as CABLE: (2). Armouring, 16 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. Laying commenced 17 July, completed 18 August 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. In 1927 Western Union diverted this cable into Le Havre after the GPO refused them a licence to lay a direct link Sennen Cove to Le Havre. |
| 1910 | Newbiggin by the Sea, England - Arendal, Norway | Siemens Bros | Norwegian PTT - GPO | Faraday (1) | System 411 nm |
| 1910 | Abbotscliffe - Cap Gris Nez, France No 3 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (1). Alert laid the shore ends; Monarch marked the cable route with buoys.. | First Pupin coil lump-loaded telephone cable across the Channel |
| 1910 | Trieste - Pola - Split | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Italian PTT | Stephan | |
| 1910 | Conakry, French Guinea - Monrovia, Liberia - Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | La Compagnie des Câbles Sud-Américans | Stephan | System 309 + 500 nm. |
| 1910 | Shinushigake, Nagasaki-ken - Ohama | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 48.8 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1910 | Mogi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan - Danshuei, Taiwan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 1263.1 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1910 | Ballinskelligs - Halifax. Diversion into Harbour Grace | Telcon | Direct United States Cable Co | Telconia | System 10 + 49.5 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 400/360 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers of Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Shore ends (1) 12 No. 4 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 400/360, then as above but sheathed in brass tape before jute serving applied. Armouring, 17 No. 6 plus 18 No. 1 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 2 August, completed 23 August 1910. |
| 1910 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) repair to 1882 cable. | Telcon | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | System 0.8 nm. CABLE: 1 core 650/375 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring,12 No. 6 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 24 September 1909, completed 19 January 1910. Engineer in Charge, C.F.O. Studdert. |
| 1910 | Weston super Mare - Waterville (REPAIRS) repair to 1885 cable. | Siemens Bros | Commercial Cable Co | Telconia | System 4.613 nm. CABLE: 2 cores 90/85 each consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 15 No. 9 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 13 June, completed 16 June 1910. |
| 1910 | Waterville - St. Johns (REPAIRS) renewal to 1884 Northern and Southern cables. | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia - Telconia | System Northern cable 76.39 nm. Southern cable 54.03 nm. CABLE: 1 core 450/270 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1) 10 No. 1 BWG, shore end (2)(Northern cable only) 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 June, completed 4 July 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1910 | Waterville - Le Havre (REPAIRS) repair to 1885 cable | Siemens Bros | Commercial Cable Co | System 2.609 + 2.787 + 4.172 + 1.185 nm. All cable used recovered in the above expedition. CABLE: (1) 1 core 70/75 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Section (1) 10 No. 7 BWG, section (2) 10 No. 3 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 450/270 then as CABLE: (1). Armouring, section (3) 12 No. 4 BWG, section (4) 13 No. 9 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 July, completed 11 July 1910. | |
| 1910 | Waterville - Le Havre (REPAIRS) repair to 1885 cable | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Telconia | System 2.555 nm. CABLE: 1 core 70/130 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 8 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 21 June, completed 23 June 1910. |
| 1910 | Lowestoft - Emden (REPAIRS) | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | System 4.491 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 130/130 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 13 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 15 September, completed 30 September 1910. | |
| 1910 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) | Telcon | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Colonia | System 2.1 nm. 1 core 350/250 comprised in copper wire wrapped in 4 copper strips, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 18 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 7 October, completed 8 October 1910. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1910 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) renewal of shore ends 1881 and 1882 cables. | Telcon | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Colonia - Telconia | System, NORTHERN CABLE, 216 nm. CABLE: Shore end (1) 1 core 700/360 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires 10 No. 1 BWG. Shore end (2) As shore end (1) but with armouring, 12 No. 6 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. Shore end (3) As shore end (1) but with 2 cores and armouring 17 No. 6 + 18 No. 1 BWG. System, SOUTHERN CABLE, 223 nm. All as Northern cable but with intermediate cable, armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 16 October, completed 5 December 1911. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1911 | St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands - Ascension | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1833 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 600/340 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Amouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable (1) 18 No. 13½ BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 700/360 then as CABLE: (1). Both wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions, dipped in Chattertons Compound. CABLE: (3) 1 core 600/340 as CABLE: (1) with brass sheathing applied before jute serving. Armouring, intermediate cable, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (4) 2 cores 350/250 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, shore ends (1) 15 No. 2 BWG, shore ends (2) 15 No. 1 BWG, shore end (3)(Ascension) 15 No. 1 plus 6 No. 00 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 13 November 1910, completed 6 January 1911. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1911 | Wood Islands - Prince Edward Island - Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada | ? | Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island | ? | System 15 miles of two core telephone cable. Laying was supervised by the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Ltd., and was completed on 1 January 1911. The cable opened for service 3 January 1911 |
| 1911 | Monrovia - Lome - Douala, German Cameroons | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German South American Telegraph Co | Stephan | |
| 1911 | Cape Cruz - Cienfuegos | Hoopers Telegraph Works | Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 225 nm. CABLE: 1 core 150/150 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, sheathed in India Rubber then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable 16 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 5 BWG, shore ends 12 No. 5 plus 14 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 12 December, completed 15 December 1911. |
| 1911 | St Margarets Bay, England - La Panne, Belgium No 3 | Siemens Bros | GPO | ? | System 48 nm. Four-conductor loaded telephone cable insulated with gutta percha |
| 1911 | Sweden - Russia | ? | Great Northern Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1911 | Kyobuntou, Japan - Kouyou Peninsula, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 67.4 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1911 | Ile Chausey - Pointe du Grouin (REPAIRS) | Telcon | French PTT | Telconia | System 1.81 nm. CABLE: 1 core 130/130 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring,12 No. 1 BWG galvanised iron wires. Laying commenced 5 April, completed 11 April 1911. |
| 1911 | Ile D' Ouessant - Ile Molene (REPAIRS) | Telcon | French PTT | Telconia | System 1.86 nm. CABLE: 1 core 120/150 comprising 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 6 plus 12 No. 00 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 11 April, completed 20 April 1911. |
| 1911 | Abbotscliffe - Cap Gris Nez (REPAIRS) | Telcon | GPO - French PTT | Telconia | System 2 nm. CABLE: 6 cores 107/140 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 14 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions and dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 27 April, completed 8 May 1911. |
| 1911 | Ballinskelligs - Harbour Grace (REPAIRS) | Telcon | Direct United States Cable Co | Telconia | System 2.064 nm. CABLE: 1 core 400/370 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 4 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 27 June, completed 6 July 1911. |
| 1911 | Weston super Mare - Waterville (REPAIRS) repair to 1901 cable. | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Telconia | System 1.071 nm. CABLE: 1 core 400/360 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 4 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 7 July, completed 11 July 1911. |
| 1911 | Weston super Mare - Waterville (REPAIRS) repair to 1901 cable. | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Telconia | System 1.024 + 0.575 nm. CABLE: (1) 1.024 nm. 1 core 375/325 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 10 No. 2 BWG, galvanised iron wires. CABLE: (2) 1 core 400/360 then as CABLE: (1) except armouring, 12 No. 4 BWG galvanised iron wires. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced11 July, completed 18 July 1911. |
| 1911 | Brest - Cape Cod (REPAIRS) repair to 1898 cable. | Telcon | La Compagnie Française des Câbles Télégraphiques | Telconia | System 11.413 nm. CABLE: 1 core 660/397 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced25 July, completed 21 August 1911. |
| 1911 | Brest - St. Pierre (REPAIRS) repair to 1879 cable. | Siemens Bros 10.376 nm. - Telcon 6.4 nm. | La Compagnie Française des Câbles Télégraphiques | Telconia | System 10.376 + 6.4 nm. CABLE: (1) 10.376 nm. 1 core 350/300 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 6 BWG. CABLE: (2) 1 core 660/397 then as CABLE (1) except armouring, 15 No. 7 BWG galvanised iron wires. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 August, completed 18 August 1911. |
| 1911 | Brest - St. Pierre (REPAIRS) repair to 1879 cable. | Telcon | La Compagnie Française des Câbles Télégraphiques | Telconia | System 27 nm. CABLE: 1 core 660/397 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 24 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 23 August, completed 2 September 1911. |
| 1911 | Sennen Cove - Canso (REPAIRS) recovering UK ends 1881 and 1882 cables | Telcon | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Cambria | Cable recovered 383.23 nm. Picking up commenced 30 August, completed 21 September 1911. Engineer in Charge C. Berner. |
| 1911 | Cienfuegos - Santiago (REPAIRS) Diversion and repair to 1875 cable. | Hoopers Telegraph Works | Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 23.59 + 2.09 nm. CABLE: (1) 23.59 nm. 1 core 150/150 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and India Rubber then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires, 16 No. 13 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2.09 nm. 1 core107/166 then as CABLE (1) except armouring, 12 No. 5 BWG. Both wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in cutch. Laying commenced16 December, completed 28 December 1911. |
| 1911 | Cienfuegos - Casilda (REPAIRS) repair to 1895 cable. | Hoopers Telegraph Works | Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co | Cambria | System 4.23 nm. 1 core 150/150 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and India Rubber then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 16 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 28 December 1911, completed 6 January 1912. |
| 1912 | Abbotscliffe, England - Cap Gris Nez , France 4 | Telcon | GPO - French PTT | Cambria - HMTS Alert (1) | System 23.4 nm. 4 cores 300/300 each comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percham sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 16 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 January, completed 15 February 1912. Engineer in Charge, Telcon, F.I. Petley. GPO T. Pollard. First continuously loaded four core cable across the Channel |
| 1912 | Gibraltar - Malta | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1092 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 600/340 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable (1) (575 nm laid) 18 No. 13½ BWG. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving was applied. Main cable (2) (325 nm. laid) 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable (1)(Malta) 15 No. 9 BWG, intermediate cable (2) 12 No. 6 BWG, shore end (1)(Malta) 10 No. 2 BWG, shore end (2)(Gibraltar) 15 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 350/250, then as CABLE: (1) with brass sheathing. Shore ends (3) 15 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 19 March, completed 5 April 1912. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1912 | Malta - Alexandria | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 890 nm. CABLE: (1) 1 core 600/340 comprised 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, all galvanised iron wires. Main cable (1) (756.5 nm laid) 18 No. 13½ BWG. The following were sheathed in brass tape before jute serving was applied. Main cable (2) (48.5 nm. laid) 18 No. 13 BWG, intermediate cable 12 No. 6 BWG, shore ends (1)10 No. 2 BWG. CABLE: (2) 2 cores 350/250, then as CABLE: (1) with brass sheathing. Shore ends (2) 15 No. 1 BWG. All wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 6 April, completed 13 April 1912. Engineer in Charge, F.I. Petley. |
| 1912 | Bondi Beach, Sydney - Auckland | India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works | Pacific Cable Board | Silvertown | System 1225 nm. WFS 1964 |
| 1912 | Yoshimi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan - Annam, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 215.7 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1912 | Suma Hyogoken - Kusumoto Awajishima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 15.2 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1912 | Okinawa - Ishigakijima - Myakojima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 160.9 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1912 | Tomogashima - Awajishima, Kitan Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Military | ? | First lead sheathed cable laid in Japanese waters |
| 1912 | NY - 2: New York - St Johns, Newfoundland | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 1279 nm. |
| 1912 | Syracuse - Benghazi | Telcon 401 nm. - Pirelli 14.5 nm. | ? | Cambria laid 401 nm. | System 415.5 nm. 1 core 135/143 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 15 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 April, completed 1 June 1912. Engineer in Charge, C. Berner. |
| 1912 | Syracuse - Tripoli | Telcon | ? | Cambria | System 40 nm. 1 core 135/143 consisting of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 15 No. 13 BWG galvanised iron wires. Cable wrapped in 2 layers hessian tape wound in opposite directions dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 1 June, completed 3 June 1912. Engineer in Charge, C. Berner. |
| 1912 | Lowestoft - Norderney (REPAIRS) repair to 1866 cable. | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Telconia | System 9.266 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 107/150 each comprising of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 29 December 1911, completed 18 February 1912. |
| 1912 | Lowestoft - Borkum (REPAIRS) repair to 1871 cable. | Telcon | German Union Telegraph Co | Telconia | System 4.3 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 107/150 each comprising of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 3 January, completed 30 January 1912. |
| 1912 | Blackwater, Ireland - Fishguard, Wales (REPAIRS) repair to 1883 cable. | Telcon | GPO | Telconia | System 4.3 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 107/150 each comprising of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 20 February, completed 13 March 1912. |
| 1912 | Nevin, Wales - Newcastle, Ireland (REPAIRS) repair to No 2 cable. | Telcon | GPO | Telconia | System 0.457 nm. CABLE: 4 cores 107/150 each comprising of 7 strands copper wire, 6 wrapped around 7th, coated with 3 alternate layers Chattertons Compound and gutta percha, sheathed in brass tape then wrapped in jute dipped in cutch. Armouring, 12 No. 2 BWG galvanised iron wires. Wrapped in 2 layers jute dipped in Chattertons Compound. Laying commenced 14 March, completed 20 March 1912. |
| 1913 | Mundesley - Norderney, Germany | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | GPO - German PTT | Stephan | |
| 1913 | Anglo-Irish: Aber Geirch - Howth 1 |
Siemens Bros | GPO | Monarch (2) | System 64 nm. Four-conductor loaded telephone cable insulated with gutta percha. Completed in December 1913. Aber Geirch is near Nevin/Nefyn, Caernarvon, Wales. |
| 1913 | Newbiggin by the Sea, England - Sondervig, Denmark | Siemens Bros | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Silvertown | System 349 nm. |
| 1913 | Balboa - Santa Elena | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Stephan | System 754 nm. |
| 1913 | Aden - Colombo, Ceylon | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 2264 nm. |
| 1913 | Penang - Singapore - Hong Kong | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Colonia | 1523 nm Singapore - Hong Kong section |
| 1913 | Balikpapan - Soerabaja - Kema - Ternato | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Dutch East Indies Government | Stephan | System 720 nm. |
| 1913 | Dutch East Indies | Siemens Bros | Dutch East Indies Government | Faraday (1) | System 1347 nm. |
| 1913 | Victoria - Vancouver | W. T. Henley Telegraph Works Co | British Columbia Telephone Co | Princess Louise | |
| 1914 | Suez - Aden | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1406 nm |
| 1914 | St Margarets Bay, England - Dunkirk, France | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1914 | Birling Gap - St. Nazaire, France | GPO | Dacia, Telconia and Alert | German cable of 1896 from Borkum - Vigo cut and diverted to this route in September 1914. See the Eastbourne Cables page for more details. | |
| 1914 | Colombo, Ceylon - Penang, Malaya | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1914 | England - Belgium | Telcon | Socitie Anonyme Belge de Cables Telegraphiques | ? | |
| 1914 | Freetown, Sierra Leone - Accra, Gold Coast | Telcon | African Direct Telegraph Co | Colonia - Transmitter | |
| 1914 | Mogi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan - Shanghai, China | ? | Japanese Military | ? | System 871.9 km. Four conductors with gutta percha insulation |
| 1914 | Nagasaki, Japan -Tsingtao, China | ? | Japanese Military | ? | This and the above cable were linked by using the German Shanghai - Tsingtao cable which following the outbreak of WW 1 had been taken over by the Allies. |
| 1915 | Chio - Lemnos | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Levant I | |
| 1915 | Peterhead, Scotland - Alexandrovsk, Russia | Telcon | GPO | Colonia | |
| 1915 | New York - Fisherman's Point, Cuba - Colon, Panama | Telcon | Central & South American Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 1542 + 787 nm. |
| 1915 | Dardanelles Campaign:- Imbros - Nibrunesi Point, Gallipoli: | ? | Allied Military | Levant II | Shore end destoyed prior to evacuation |
| 1915 | Dardanelles Campaign:- Tenedos - 'W' Beach, Helles, Gallipoli | ? | Allied Military | Levant II | The Eastern Telegraph Co cable Tenedos - Constantinople was cut and diverted to 'W' Beach where ETC staff set up a cable station. Cable became operational on 29th April. Shore end destroyed prior to evacuation. |
| 1915 | Dardanelles Campaign | ? | Allied Military | Levant II | Cables which had been laid for the Italian-Turkish war of 1911 and then abandoned were recovered and brought into service. Routes unknown. |
| 1915 | Dardanelles Campaign:- Suvla Point - Nibrunesi Point (Across Suvla Bay) | ? | Allied Military | Levant II | 3 D5 cables laid in preparation for the evacuation of Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove. Shore ends subsequently destoyed. |
| 1915 | Dardanelles Campaign:- Nibrunesi Point - Corps HQ on board HMS Peony | ? | Allied Military | Levant II | Laid in preperation for the evacuation of Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove. |
| 1915 | North Sydney, Cape Breton Island - Colinet, Newfoundland | ? | American Telegraph & Cable Co | Connected with the 1881-2 cables diverted into Bay Roberts in 1913, 1915. Leased by Western Union | |
| 1915 | Shanghai - Hozan, China | ? | Japanese Military | ? | Final link in the Nagasaki - Shanghai cable |
| 1915 | Yade, Okayama-ken - Ohme, Kagawa-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 13.1 km. Telephone cable with 4 conductors and rubber insulation |
| 1915 | Sasebo, Japan - Tsingtao, China | ? | Japanese Military | ? | System 983.2 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1915 | Montevideo - Falkland Islands | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | Opened for service 28 August 1915. Most of the cable was recovered in 1921 and used by Western Telegraph Co. |
| 1916 | Lemnos - Salonika No 2 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Electra (1) - Levant II | |
| 1916 | Dungeness, England - Audresselles, France No 1 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1916 | Japanese Coastal Cables | Japanese PTT | Faraday (1) | ||
| 1916 | Yap - Okinawa (Yap - Shanghai) | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Japanese Military | ? | 1905 German cable cut and diverted to Okinawa |
| 1917 | Dover - Dunkirk | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1917 | Dover - Sangatte No 1 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1917 | Cuckmere, England - Le Havre, France No 1 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1917 | Mogi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan - Danshuei, Taiwan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 1292.2 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1917 | Hotei - Penghu, Taiwan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 72.2 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1917 | England - Kola Inlet - Archangel - Yukanskie (now Ostrovnoy), Russia | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (1) | |
| 1917 | Key West - Havana | ? | International Ocean Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1918 | Cuckmere - Le Havre No 2 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1918 | Dover - Sangatte No 2 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1918 | Dungeness - Audresselles No 2 & 3 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1918 | Valentia, Ireland - Porthcurno, England | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | War Simoon | |
| 1918 | Archangel - Murmansk | Siemens Bros | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Faraday (1) | System 650 nm. |
| 1919 | Porthcurno, England - Gibraltar (Porchcurno-Gibraltar No. 3) |
Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Stephan | Upgraded in 1954/55 by the installation of 170 nauts of new polythene cable at the PK end to support a vacuum-tube telegraph repeater at the splice point. POEEJ April 1956 Part 1, p.49 |
| 1919 | Tenedos - Kephez | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1919 | Ascension - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 2103 nm |
| 1919 | Yoshimi, Japan - Annam, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 213 km. Four conductors with rubber insulation |
| 1920 | Valentia - Le Havre | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1920 | Leba, Germany - Pillau, East Prussia | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Randulf Hansen | |
| 1920 | Maranham - Barbados | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Stephan - Colonia | |
| 1920 | Miami - Barbados | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | Stephan - Colonia | System 1638 nm. Robert C. Clowry laid the USA shore end. |
| 1920 | Atalaya, Argentina - Montevideo, Uruguay (across the River Plate) | Telcon | All America Cables | Carceres | Three cables were laid over this route during 1920. Caceres was a local vessel chartered to lay these cables and was manned by men from Colonia |
| 1920 | Atalaya - Rio de Janeiro | Telcon | All America Cables | Colonia | System 1270 nm. |
| 1920 | Montevideo - Santos | Telcon | All America Cables | Colonia | System 1068 nm. |
| 1920 | Aden - Bombay | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Stephan - John Pender (2) | |
| 1920 | Colon, Panama - Cartagena, Colombia | Siemens Bros | All America Cables | Faraday (1) | System 1418 nm. Including entry below. |
| 1920 | Santa Elena - Chorillos | Siemens Bros | All America Cables | Faraday (1) | See above |
| 1920 | Cuba - Puerto Rico | Siemens Bros | All America Cables | Faraday (1) | System 602 nm. |
| 1920 | Malta - Alexandria No 5 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Stephan - Electra | |
| 1920 | Syra - Tenedos | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Sentinel (1) - Levant II | |
| 1920 | Nikaria - Samos | Telcon | Greek Government - Eastern Telegraph Co | Levant II | |
| 1920 | Montevideo - Santos | ? | ? | Colonia | |
| 1920 | Isono Aomori - Ohmorihama Hakodate, Japan No 2 | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 108.5 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1921 | Dutch East Indies: Soerabaja - Macassar - Donggla - Menado | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | DEI Government | Flint | System 1710 nm. |
| 1921 | Island Cove, Newfoundland - North Sydney, Cape Breton Island - Canso, Nova Scotia | ? | American Telegraph & Cable Co | ? | A further link for the 1881-2 cables. The extension to Canso was made in 1922. Western Union leased the cable. |
| 1921 | Cape Cruz - Santiago | ? | Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1921 | HAVANA - 2: Havana, Cuba - Miami, Florida | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co of Cuba | Stephan | System 1262 nm. Leased to All America Cables |
| 1921 | Gibraltar - Malta No 5 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia - Amber - John Pender (2) | |
| 1921 | Madras - Singapore | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Colonia | Diverted into Penang in 1923 |
| 1921 | Key West, Florida - Havana, Cuba | Telcon | Cuban American Telephone & Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 100, 104, 105 nm. 3 coaxial cables.. Technical article on the cable |
| 1921 | Mogi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan - Dairen, Manchuria | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 1202 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1922 | Port Kale - Donaghadee No 3 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1922 | Malta - Alexandria No 6 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Stephan - Electra | |
| 1922 | Suez - Port Sudan - Aden | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia - Stephan | |
| 1922 | Aden - Seychelles | Telcon 1587 nm | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co | Colonia - Stephan | |
| 1922 | Seychelles - Colombo, Ceylon | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia - Stephan | |
| 1922 | Cocos - Batavia | Telcon | Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Patrol | |
| 1922 | Maceio - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1922 | Pernambuco - Maranham | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1922 | Santos - Rio de Janeiro | Telcon | Western Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1922 | Leba - Danzig: Leba - Pillau | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1922 | Shibukawa, Okayama-ken, - Nou, Kagawa, Japan | Sumitomo | Japanese Government | ? | System 10.9 km. Telephone cable 16 conductors, paper insulated and lead sheathed |
| 1922 | UK-NETHERLANDS 1: |
Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (1) | System 84.5 nm. 4 core, coil loaded telephone cable. Aldeburgh shore end laid 27 June 1922, Domburg shore end laid 8 July 1922. Each conductor weighed 160 lbs., per nm and the gutta percha insulation 150 lbs per nm. WFS and recovered in 1937. |
| 1923 | NY - 5: New York - Canso, Nova Scotia | Siemens Bros | Commercial Cable Co | Faraday (2) | System 975 nm. |
| 1923 | MAIN - 6B: Canso, Nova Scotia - Horta, Azores | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia | System 1710 nm. |
| 1923 | MAIN 6A: Horta, Azores - Waterville, Ireland | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Colonia - Stephan - T. W. Stuart | System 1222 nm. T.W. Stuart laid the UK shore ends |
| 1923 | HAVRE - 2: Waterville - Le Havre, France | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | Stephan - T. W. Stuart | System 512 nm. T.W. Stuart laid the UK shore ends |
| 1923 | Valentia, Ireland - Whitesands Bay, Sennen Cove, England | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | Stephan - T. W. Stuart | T.W. Stuart laid the UK shore ends |
| 1923 | WESTON - 4: Waterville, Ireland - Weston super Mare, England | Telcon | Commercial Cable Co | John W. Mackay | System 312 nm |
| 1923 | Penang, Malaya - Colombo, Ceylon | Telcon | Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1923 | Sydney - Southport, Australia | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Stephan | WFS 1964 |
| 1923 | Suva, Fiji - Auckland, New Zealand | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Stephan | WFS 1964 |
| 1923 | San Pedro, California - Avalon, Catalina Island | ? | AT&T | Dellwood | System 23, 23 nm. 2 cables laid. |
| 1923 | Innoshima - Mukojima, Japan | Furukawa | Japanese Government | ? | System 5.2 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable with gutta percha insulation |
| 1923 | Innoshima - Ikuchijima, Japan | Furukawa | Japanese Government | ? | System 1.3 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable with gutta percha insulation |
| 1924 | Rockaway Beach, New York - Horta, Azores | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | Colonia, Robert C. Clowry | System 2360 nm. Continuously loaded cable using permalloy. Cable landed at Rockaway Beach 20 September 1924. Connection extended to Rome via the following two cables. |
| 1924 | Malaga, Spain - Horta, Azores | Telcon | Italcable | Colonia | System 1337 nm. Continuously loaded cable using permalloy |
| 1924 | Anzio - Malaga: Malaga - Las Palmas | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Italcable | Citta di Milano (2) | System 1005 + 870 nm. Anzio - Malaga continuously loaded cable using permalloy |
| 1924 | Las Palmas - St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands | Pirelli | Italcable | Citta di Milano (2) | System 963 nm. |
| 1924 | St Vincent (CVI) - Fernando Noronha - Rio de Janeiro | Siemens Bros | Italcable | Faraday (2) | System 1513 + 1824 nm. The last section was diverted into Recife in 1951 |
| 1924 | Rio de Janeiro - Montevideo - Buenos - Aires | Telcon | Italcable | Colonia | System 1203 + 200 nm. Two cables were laid between Montevideo and Buenos Aires |
| 1924 | Barbados - British Guiana: Barbados - Trinidad: Barbados - Turks Island | Siemens Bros | West India & Panama Telegraph Co | Faraday (2) | System 1817 nm. |
| 1924 | UK-NETHERLANDS 2: Aldeburgh, England - Domburg, Netherlands No. 2 |
Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) | System 82.242 nm. 16-core continuously loaded telephone cable, paper insulation, lead sheathing. Aldeburgh shore end laid 28 August 1924 |
| 1924 | Seattle - Ketchikan - Seward, Alaska | Siemens Bros | US Army Signal Corps | Dellwood | System 1894 nm. Laid by the US Signal Corps |
| 1924 | Yobuko Saga - Hatsuyama Iki, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 35.4 km. 2 pair telephone cable with gutta percha insulation |
| 1924 | Philippeville - Marseille, France | A Grammont | French PTT | ? | System 1200 km |
| 1925 | New York - Fisherman's Point, Cuba - Colon, Panama | Telcon | All America Cables | Colonia | System 1542 + 787 nm. |
| 1925 | Porthcurno, England - Gibraltar - Bilbao, Spain (Porthcurno-Gibraltar No. 4) |
Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | Upgraded in 1954/55 by the installation of 130 nauts of new polythene cable at the Gibraltar end of the PK cable to support a vacuum-tube telegraph repeater at the splice point. POEEJ April 1956 Part 1, p.49 |
| 1925 | Malaga, Spain - Isla Alhucemas, Morocco | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Spanish PTT | Norderney | System 104 nm. |
| 1925 | Murotso, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan - Ryuko, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 215.6 km. Two conductors with gutta percha insulation |
| 1925 | Ishizaki - Tobetsu | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 65 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable insulated with balata |
| 1925 | Sangenya - Ohtachiura, Shimonoeski Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 3.6 km. Continuously loaded, 14 pair , paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1926 | Warnemunde, Germany - Gedser, Denmark | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Danish PTT | Norderney | System 25 nm. |
| 1926 | Cadiz - Tenerife | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Spanish PTT | Norderney | |
| 1926 | Borkum - Fayal, Azores | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German Atlantic Telegraph Co | Neptun (1) | Continuously loaded cable. Diverted into Cherbourg in 1944 for use by US Forces in Europe. |
| 1926 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Cottesloe, Perth | Telcon | Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co | Colonia | Continously loaded cable. WFS 1966. C&W recovered part of this cable during 1986. |
| 1926 | Sennen Cove, Cornwall, England - Bay Roberts, Newfoundland - New York, USA | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | Colonia | System 3410 nm. Continuously loaded cable. |
| 1926 | Bamfield - Fanning Island | Telcon | Pacific Cable Board | Dominia | Loaded cable |
| 1926 | Fanning Island - Suva, Fiji | Siemens Bros | Pacific Cable Board | Faraday (2) | System 2043 nm. Loaded cable |
| 1926 | Dumpton Gap, England - La Panne, Belgium 1 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) - Homedale | Homedale laid the 20 nm of shore ends which weighed 530 tons. Continuously-loaded telephone cable. |
| 1926 | UK-NETHERLANDS 3: Aldeburgh, England - Domburg, Holland |
Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney - Neptun (1) | System 85.75 nm. Cores 4 x 4 and 1 x 1. 4 core comprised 4 copper wires each 2.33 mm dia. 3 wrapped around 4th. Each core continuously loaded with an iron wire 0.2 mm dia. Central core consisted of 7 copper wires 0.81 mm dia., 6 wrapped around 7th, continuously loaded as above. All cores were wrapped in 3 layers of paper insulation. They were then sheathed in two layers of lead each 2 mm. thick. Armouring consisted of 22 steel wires each 5.8 mm dia. Completed cable weighed 19.8 tons per nm., and was 55 mm in dia. |
| 1926 | Germany - Denmark | Siemens & Halske | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1926 | Cadiz - Tenerife: Rio Martin - Melilla | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Spanish PTT | ? | |
| 1926 | Balboa, Panama - Santa Elena, Ecuador | Siemens Bros | All America Cables | Faraday (2) | System 770 nm. |
| 1926 | Penon - Punta Pescadores, Spain | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Telconia | |
| 1926 | Penon - Cuatro Torres No. 2, Spain | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Telconia | |
| 1927 | Tehuantepec, Mexico - La Libertad, El Salvador - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua - Puntarenas, Costa Rica | ? | All America Cables | ? | |
| 1927 | Buenaventura, Colombia - Payta, Peru - Chorillos, Peru | ? | All America Cables | ? | |
| 1927 | Anzio - Barcelona - Malaga | ? | Italcable | ? | |
| 1927 | Germany - Sweden | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1927 | Kephez - Nagara | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1927 | Alexandria - Port Said No 2 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1927 | Hiraiso Shikoku - Shuugi, Ohita-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 44.2 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable insulated with balata |
| 1927 | Suruga Kure - Yanagihara Shikoku, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 34.1 km. Continuously loaded, 4 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1927 | Key West - Punta Rassa | ? | International Ocean Telegraph Co | ? | |
| 1928 | Alexandria - Port Said No 3 | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1928 | Larnaca, Cyprus - Haifa, Israel | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Colonia | |
| 1928 | Bay Roberts - Horta | Telcon | Western Union Telegraph Co | Colonia | Continuously loaded cable |
| 1928 | Sweden - Finland | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1928 | Kakutahama, Niigata-ken, - Mushiroba Sado, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 38.8 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable insulated with balata. |
| 1928 | Ishizaki - Tobetsu, Tsugaru Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 64.2 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable insulated with balata. |
| 1928 | Kouzohama Izu - Niijima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 57.5 km. Single conductor insulated with gutta percha |
| 1929 | Cuttlefish Bay, Kangaroo Island - Cape Jervis, Australia | ? | ? | ? | First telephone cable to the island |
| 1929 | Vigo, Spain - Carcavelos, Portugal | Telcon | Eastern Telegraph Co | Dominia | |
| 1929 | Spain - Ceuta | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Dominia | |
| 1929 | Cadiz, Spain - Arzila, Morocco | Telcon | Spanish PTT | Telconia | Telconia also laid a number of cables along the Moroccan coast |
| 1929 | Tenerife - Gran Canaria | Spanish PTT | Dominia | ||
| 1929 | Malaga - Lisbon | ? | Italian PTT | ? | |
| 1929 | Anzio - Palermo - Cagliari | ? | Italian PTT | ? | |
| 1929 | Leba - Pillau | Siemens and Halske | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1929 | Ballyhornan - Port Erin (Isle of Man) 1 & 2 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) - Sirdar | Sirdar laid the IOM shore ends. Four core balata insulated telephone cables |
| 1929 | Blackpool, England - Port Greenhaugh, Ireland | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) - George | George laid the Blackpool shore ends. Continuously loaded paper insulated telephone cable |
| 1929 | Borkum - Vigo | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German Atlantic Telegraph Co | Norderney | |
| 1929 | Suma - Kusumoto, Akashi Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 17 km. Non loaded, 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1929 | Amanura - Satoura, Nauto Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 11.6 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1929 | Oogami, Saga-ken - Ohkubo Iki, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 30 km. Continuous1y loaded, 1 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1929 | Oogami, Saga-ken - Katsumiura, Tshushima, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 101.1 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1930 | Sweden - Gotland | Felten & Guilleaume | Swedish PTT | Norderney | |
| 1930 | La Panne, Belgium - Lisbon, Portugal | Telcon | Italcable | Dominia | System 1135 nm. High-speed telegraph cable with inductive loading and gutta percha/balata insulation |
| 1930 | Dumpton Gap, England - La Panne, Belgium 2 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) - Jolly Diana | Jolly Diana laid 16 nm of shore ends. Continuously loaded telephone cable. |
| 1930 | Seabrook - Le Portel | Siemens and Halske | GPO | Norderney | |
| 1930 | France - England | Siemens and Halske | GPO - French PTT | Norderney | |
| 1930 | Zarrenzin - Kampinge | Felten & Guilleaume | ? | Norderney | |
| 1930 | Willemstad - La Guayra | Telcon | All America Cables | Dominia | |
| 1930 | Willemstad - Aruba - Maracaibo - Barraquilla | Telcon | All America Cables | Dominia | |
| 1930 | Key West, Florida - Havana, Cuba 4 | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | AT&T | Neptun (1) | System 111 nm. First cable insulated with Paragutta. |
| 1930 | Izumo Oashi - Iki Futoi, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | Continuously loaded, 2 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1931 | Miami - Key Biscayne- Fowey Rocks Light, Florida | Simplex Wire & Cable Co | US Coast Guard | Pequot | |
| 1931 | Ystad, Sweden - Rönne, Bornholm | Siemens and Halske | Swedish PTT | Norderney | System 35 nm. |
| 1931 | Heligoland - Sylt | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1931 | Germany - Denmark | Felten & Guilleaume | ? | Norderney | |
| 1931 | Charlottehund,Denmark - Barseback, Sweden | Siemens and Halske | Danish PTT | Norderney | System 12 nm. |
| 1931 | France - Tunisia | ? | French PTT | Ampere (2) | |
| 1932 | France - Algeria | ? | French PTT | Ampere (2) | |
| 1932 | Dakar (Senegal) - Conakry (Guinea) | Telcon? | French PTT | Dominia | Noted as cable no. 2 on this route |
| 1932 | St Margarets Bay - La Panne 5 | Siemens Bros | GPO | Faraday (2) | Lump loaded telephone cable |
| 1932 | Ootsu, Kanagawa-ken - Futsu, Chiba-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 16.1 km. 2 pair telephone cable insulated with gutta percha |
| 1932 | Futoi, Shimani-ken - Seigou, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 36.2 km. Lump loaded, 6 pair, Paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. Steel armouring wires used for the first time in Japanese home waters |
| 1933 | Ozaki, Tsushima - Annam, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 90.9 km. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, telephone cable with gutta percha insulation |
| 1934 | Delos - Mykonos | Telcon | Greek Government - Eastern Telegraph Co | Retriever (3) | |
| 1934 | Gross Mollen - Pillau | Siemens and Halske - Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Neptun (1) | |
| 1934 | Shibukawa, Okayama-ken - Nou, Kagawa-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 9.9 km. Continuously loaded, 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1934 | Enfutso, Hokkaido - Merei Karafuto, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 162.8 km. Telephone cable with paragutta insulation |
| 1935 | England - France | Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. | GPO - French PTT | ? | Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. were responsible for the ordering and installation of the cable. | 1936 | Marseilles, France - Bizerte, Tunisia - Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia | ? | French PTT | Ampere (2) - Emile Baudot | System 1250 nm. Laying commenced 3 August 1936. Ampere (2) laid main cable, Emile Baudot shore ends. Engineers in charge, Ampere (2), MM. René Coudere, Emile Baudot, Pierre Michel. |
| 1936 | Bass Strait Telephone Cable: Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia - King Island - Perkins Bay, Stanley, Tasmania | Siemens Bros | Australian Government | Faraday (2) | System 161 nm. Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd were the consulting engineers for the project and they contracted Siemens Bros to manufacture and instal the cable. This was the first coaxial telephone cable laid across the Bass Strait and the first insulated with paragutta, a product developed by Bell Laboratories. It consisted of a mixture of protein-free rubber and resin-free balata combined with a plasticiser. A repeater station was installed on King Island. The cable failed on four occasions: 1938, 1940, 1943 and 1957. In 1957 a large part of the cable was renewed |
| 1936 | Fremantle - Rottnest Island | Siemens Bros | Australian Government | System 11 nm. An old hulk was fitted out for this expedition | |
| 1936 | Onodo, Yamaguchi-ken - Karita, Fukuoka-ken, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 24.6 km. Non loaded, 28 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1937 | UK-NETHERLANDS 4: Aldeburgh, England - Domburg, Netherlands 4 |
Submarine Cables Ltd. | GPO | Faraday (2) | System 81 nm. Co-axial cable consisting of a central copper conductor 0.138 ins dia covered with a layer of parragutta insulation and then wrapped in copper tapes. Following the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 this and Cable No. 5 were cut. They were repaired in 1944 following D-Day. CS Alert (3) inserted 4 repeaters in the cable in 1950 |
| 1937 | UK-NETHERLANDS 5: Aldeburgh, England - Domburg, Netherlands 5 |
Submarine Cables Ltd. | GPO | Faraday (2) - MV Pallas | System 81 nm. Cable construction as above. CS Alert (3) inserted 4 repeaters in the cable in 1951. WFS 1972. |
| 1937 | Port Kale, Scotland - Donaghadee, N. Ireland 4 & 5 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Faraday (2) | Paragutta insulated telephone cables |
| 1937 | Cook Strait | ? | NZ PO | Recorder (2) | |
| 1937 | Aber Geirch - Howth No 2 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Faraday (2) | Paragutta insulated telephone cable |
| 1937 | Fukuoka - Iki - Tshushima, Japan - Pusan, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 201 km. Non loaded, 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1938 | Aber Geirch - Howth No 3 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Faraday (2) | Paragutta insulated telephone cable |
| 1938 | Heligoland - Wangeroge | Felten & Guilleaume | German PTT | Norderney | |
| 1938 | Mariehamn - Norrtelje | Felten & Guilleaume - Siemens and Halske | Swedish PTT | Norderney | |
| 1938 | Rio de Janeiro - Santos | ? | Italcable | ? | |
| 1938 | CI 1:Dartmouth, England - L'Ancresse Bay, Guernsey | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Faraday (2) | Paragutta insulated coaxial telephone cable providing 6 channels in each direction. Upgraded to 1 Supergroup when 3 repeaters were inserted by CS Alert (3) in 1952 |
| 1938 | Inter CI 2: Saints Bay, Guernsey - Plemont, Jersey | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Faraday (2) | Paragutta insulated coaxial telephone cable providing 6 channels in each direction. Upgraded to 1 Supergroup in 1952 |
| 1938 | France - Tunisia | ? | French PTT | Ampere (2) | |
| 1938 | Tunisia - Lebanon | Submarine Cables Ltd | French PTT | Faraday (2) | |
| 1938 | Penghu, Taiwan - Amoy, China | ? | ? | ? | System 276.2 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1938 | Takao, Japan - Canton, China | ? | ? | ? | System 795.2 km |
| 1939 | France - Algeria | ? | French PTT | Ampere (2) | |
| 1939 | St Margarets Bay - Sangatte 4 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1939 | Marshall Islands network | ? | Japanese Navy | ? | |
| 1939 | Kwajalein Islands network | ? | Japanese Navy | ? | |
| 1940 | Germany - Norway | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German PTT | ? | |
| 1940 | Arendal, Norway - Hirtshals, Denmark | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Norwegian PTT | Norderney | 3 repeaters were inserted in 1956 increasing capacity to 60 voice circuits. |
| 1940 | FRANCE 1: Fliquet, Jersey - Pirou, France | Submarine Cables Ltd | French PTT | Faraday (2) - Ariel | Coaxial cable insulated with parragutta with 1+9 channels. Upgraded to 12 channels in 1945 |
| 1940 | CI 2: Dartmouth, England - L'Ancresse Bay, Guernsey: | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Ariel | Paragutta insulated coaxial telephone cable with 12 channels.Upgraded to 1 Supergroup when CS Alert (3) inserted 3 repeaters in 1952 |
| 1940 | INTER CI 3: Saints Bay, Guernsey - Plemont, Jersey | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Ariel | Paragutta insulated coaxial telephone cable with 12 channels. Upgraded to 1 Supergroup in 1952 |
| 1940 | Canton - Kaiantou - (Off) French Indo China | ? | Japanese Military | ? | System 387.7 km. Single conductor with gutta percha insulation |
| 1941 | Palau Island - Koror Island | ? | Japanese Military | 30 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. | |
| 1941 | Saipan - Tinian | ? | ? | ? | System 2 cables laid 11.2km and 13.8 km. |
| 1941 | Truk Islands network | ? | Japanese Military | ? | |
| 1941 | Ootsu - Futsu, Tokyo Bay | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 19.6 km. 28 pair, paper insulated, double lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1942 | Germany - Heligoland | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | German PTT | ? | |
| 1942 | Ballyhornan - Port Erin, Isle of Man No 3 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | |
| 1942 | Cameas - Port Erin | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | |
| 1942 | Palau - Yap and Palau - Menado (1905 Guam - Yap - Menado cable) | ? | Japanese Military | ? | Former German cable diverted into Palau |
| 1942 | Kure - Matsuyama, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 35.5 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1942 | Tanyu - Shuhon, Kitan Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 26.4 km. 28 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1942 | Amaura - Satoura, Naruto Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 11.6 km. 28 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1942 | Downpatrick, N. Ireland - Holyhead, Angelsey | ? | GPO | ? | System 98 nm. |
| 1942 | Gairloch, Scotland - Stornoway, Outer Hebrides | ? | GPO | ? | System 38 nm. Coaxial cable 0.620". WFS 1983 |
| 1943 | Bornholm - Poland | ? | Danish PTT | 2 cables were laid | |
| 1943 | Australia - New Guinea | Australian Military | SS Mernoo | Recovered 1909 Bass Strait cables. In use for about three months | |
| 1943 | Tamai - Misaki, Toyogo Waterway, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 40.2 km. 2 pair telephone cable insulated with paragutta |
| 1943 | Tanaki, Tshushima - Ikeura, Korea | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 91 km. Non loaded, 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1943 | Ishizaki - Tobetsu, Tsugaru Straits, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 67.5 km. Non loaded, 8 pair, lead sheathed telephone cable. Cable recovered in 1949 and reused between Mori and Muroran |
| 1943 | Enfutso, Hokkaido - Merei Karafuto, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 174.4 km including entry below. Continuously loaded, 2 pair, balata insulated telephone cable |
| 1943 | Enfutso, Hokkaido - Merei Karafuto, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System see above entry. Continuously loaded, 1 pair, balata insulated telephone cable. |
| 1944 | Swanage - Cherbourg | Submarine Cables Ltd | Allied Forces in France | ? | 2 cables were laid |
| 1944 | St Margaret's Bay - Sangatte No 5 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene |
| 1944 | Katsumiura, Tshushima - Hanjyou Iki, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 68.4 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1944 | Fukuoka - Okubo Iki, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 39.7 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1944 | Mori - Muroran, Japan | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 342 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
| 1945 | Cuckmere, England - Dieppe, France No. 1 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | System 70 nm. First Telcothene (superior dielectric) carrier telephone cable. |
| 1945 | St Margaret's Bay - Sangatte No 6 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene |
| 1945 | St Margaret's Bay - Sangatte No 7 | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cables insulated with Telcothene. Diverted in 1951 to make Dover - Sangatte No 3 |
| 1945 | Lowestoft - Borkum | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene |
| 1945 | Cook Strait, New Zealand | Submarine Cables Ltd | NZ PO | Recorder (2) | |
| 1945 | Ishizaki - Tobetsu, Tsugaru Straits | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 64.1 km. 2 pair, gutta percha insulated telephone cable |
| 1945 | Kanzaki - Yasuki No 1, Toyogo Waterway | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 46.6 km. 14 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable. |
| 1947 | UK - NETHERLANDS 6: Aldeburgh, England - Domburg, Netherlands | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | Monarch (4) - Alert (3) | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene 1.7". WFS 1983 |
| 1947 | Holyhead, Angelsey - Dollymount, Ireland A & B | Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cables insulated with Telcothene. CS Ariel inserted 2 repeaters in each cable in 1953. WFS 1984 |
| 1948 | Anglo-Belgian: St Margarets Bay - La Panne 5 |
Submarine Cables Ltd | GPO | ? | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene. CS Iris (2) inserted 2 transistorised repeaters in 1964 increasing the number of circuits from 216 to 420. |
| 1948 | Denmark - Bornholm | ? | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Edouard Suenson | |
| 1948 | Amaura - Satoura No 2, Kammon Straits | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 14 km. Non loaded, 28 pair, paper insulated core, with rubber insulation enclosed in lead sheath |
| 1948 | Tanyu - Sumoto No 2, Kitan Straits | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 28 km. Non loaded, 28 pair, paper insulated core, with rubber insulation enclosed in lead sheath |
| 1949 | Mori - Muroran, Tsugara Straits | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 31.3 km. Non loaded, 8 pair, lead sheathed telephone cable. 1943 cable laid between Ishizaki and Tobetsu recovered and reused on this route |
| 1950 | Weybourne, England - Fanö, Denmark | Telcon | Great Northern Telegraph Co | Monarch (4) - Edouard Suenson | First coaxial cable for Great Northern. Two repeaters were inserted to increase capacity to 72 channels. These were replaced in 1957 with 5 repeaters increasing capacity to 168 channels. |
| 1950 | Port Kale - Donaghadee 6 & 7 | ? | GPO | ? | |
| 1950 | Römo, Denmark - Leeuwarden, Holland No 1 | Submarine Cables Ltd. - Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd supplied 2 repeaters | Danish PTT - Dutch PTT | Monarch (4) - Poolster (2) - C.E. Krarup (2) | System 142 nm. The 2 repeaters were replaced by 7 in 1956 by Alert (3) and Poolster (2) |
| 1950 | Römo, Denmark - Leeuwarden, Holland No 2 | Telcon - Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd supplied 2 repeaters | Danish PTT - Dutch PTT | Monarch (4) - Poolster (2) - C.E. Krarup (2) | System 142 nm. The 2 repeaters were replaced by 7 in 1961 by Peter Faber (2). |
| 1950 | Douglas, Isle of Man - Kirkcudbright, Scotland | ? | GPO | ? | Coaxial cable insulated with Telcothene |
| 1950 | Key West - Havana 5 & 6 | Simplex Wire & Cable Co - Western Electric repeaters | Cuban American Telephone & Telegraph Co | Lord Kelvin | System - Cable No 5 - 119 nm. Cable No 6 - 129 nm. Full trial of twin telephone cables with three one way repeaters in each cable. 96 kHz. 24 telephone circuits. WFS 1989. Now used for scientific research |
| 1950 | Cannes - Nice | Cables de Lyon | French PTT | D'Arsonval | Experimental cable with one repeater |
| 1950 | Ishizaki - Tobetsu, Tsugaru Straits | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 68.8 km. 8 pair, telephone cable insulated with paragutta, enclosed in lead sheath |
| 1950 | Soshiama, Tsushima - Ikeru, Korea | ? | UN Forces | ? | System 129.1 km. 2 pair with gutta percha insulation and 2 pair with balata insulation |
| 1950 | Kanzaki - Yasuki No 2, Toyogo Waterway | ? | Japanese Government | ? | System 46.6 km. 7 pair, paper insulated, lead sheathed telephone cable |
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Last revised: 8 November, 2022 |
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