CS BRITANNIA (2)
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CS Britannia (2) Dressed Overall
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Built in 1885 by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Length 247.2 ft. Breadth 34.3 ft. Depth 17.4 ft. Gross tonnage 1525
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CS Britannia (2) |
The first vessel that Telcon had designed and built as a cable ship, previous vessels being conversions. Fitted with three cable tanks, two forward and one aft, with a total coiling capacity of 18,700 cubic feet. Two separate paying out-picking up machines were fitted on the main deck and a paying out machine was fitted aft on the port side. Twin bow and single stern sheaves were fitted.
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CS Britannia (2) at Capetown, South Africa, c. 1910
Image courtesy of Tony Davies |
CS Britannia (2) was used to assist the larger cable layers such as Colonia and Anglia. Sold to the Eastern Telegraph Company in 1904 and used for 20 years on cable repairs throughout the Eastern network. Relegated to a storage hulk at Zanzibar in 1924.
CABLE WORK
Capt. J. Seymour: |
1886 |
Bathurst, Gambia - Freetown, Sierra Leone - Accra, Gold Coast |
1886 |
Accra, Gold Coast - Lagos - Brass - Bonny, Nigeria |
1890 |
Madras, India - Penang, Malaya |
1891 |
Madras - Penang No. 2 |
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Capt. J. Kennedy: |
1893 |
Bonny - Calabar - Duala |
1893 |
Zanzibar - Seychelles: Seychelles - Mauritius |
1894 |
Valentia, Ireland - Hearts Content, Newfoundland |
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Capt. H. Woodcock: |
1896 |
Greetsiel - Borkum - Vigo |
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Capt. J.E. Leach: |
1900 |
Cuckmere - Le Havre |
1900 |
Greetsiel - Borkum, Germany - Fayal, Azores |
1901 |
Porthcurno, England - Madeira |
1902 |
Cottesloe, Perth, W. Australia - Adelaide, S. Australia |
CABLE REPAIRS
Capt. J. Seymour: |
1886 |
Freetown, Sierra Leone - Accra, Gold Coast |
1886 |
Hoyer - Arendal |
1887 |
Valentia - Newfoundland 1873, 1874, 1880 cables, new shore ends at Valentia |
1887 |
Lowestoft - Greetsiel |
1887 |
Valentia - Greetsiel, near Beachy Head |
1887 |
Ballinskelligs - Halifax, deviation from Torbay |
1887 |
Halifax - Rye Beach, deviation off Brown's Bank |
1888 |
Carcavelos, Portugal - Madeira (2), near Funchal |
1888 |
Madeira - St. Vincent cable (1), near Funchal |
1888 |
Lowestoft - Greetsiel |
1888 |
Cuxhaven - Heligoland |
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Capt. J. Kennedy: |
1888 |
Lowestoft - Greetsiel cable |
1888 |
Carcavelos, Portugal - Madeira (1), near Funchal |
1889 |
Lowestoft - Greetsiel |
1889 |
Ballinskelligs - Halifax (1), on Great Bank |
1889 |
Ballinskelligs - Halifax (2), on Great Bank |
1889 |
Brest, France - St. Pierre 1869 cable |
1890 |
Valentia - Greetsiel, 2 repairs carried out, 1 off Valentia, 1 off St. Catherines |
1891 |
Ballinskelligs - Halifax |
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Capt. H. Woodcock: |
1891 |
Carcavelos - Madeira 1873 cable: |
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Capt. J. Kennedy: |
1892 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, 5 repairs, off Valentia, Portland, St. Albans, St Catherines, West Hinder |
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1892 |
Halifax - Rye Beach, 2 repairs, Rye Beach, off Browns Bank |
1892 |
Halifax - Rye Beach, 2 repairs on Green Bank |
1892 |
Brest - St. Pierre, off Brest |
1892 |
Ballinskelligs - Halifax, mid Ocean |
1894 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, 2 repairs off Dover and Isle of Wight |
1894 |
Hoyer - Arenda,l off Jutland |
1894 |
Salcombe - Brignogan, off Brignogan |
1895 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, off Valentia |
1895 |
Salcombe - Brignogan, 3 repairs, 2 Mid Channel, 1 off Brignogan |
1895 |
Hoyer - Arendal cable, 2 repairs off Arendal and Sylt |
1896 |
Greetsiel - Valentia cable, 4 repairs, off Isle of Wight, Owers, the Start, near Ruytingen Lightship |
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Capt. H. Woodcock: |
1896 |
Brest - Penzance, off Penzance |
1896 |
Brest - Penzance, 3 repairs Mid Channel |
1896 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, off the Start |
1897 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, off Valentia |
1897 |
Salcombe - Brignogan, off Brignogan |
1898 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, in St. George's Channel |
1898 |
Hoyer - Arendal, off Jutland |
1898 |
Salcombe - Brignogan, off Salcombe |
1899 |
Greetsiel - Valentia, 3 repairs |
1899 |
Hoyer - Arendal: |
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Capt. J.E. Leach: |
1900 |
Penzance - Brignogan, off Penzance |
1900 |
Brest - St. Pierre |
1900 |
Borkum - Fayal, 3 repairs, 2 near Haaks, 1 off the Start: |
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1901 |
Valentia - Hearts Content |
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Capt. F.H. Price: |
1902 |
Penzance - Brignogan |
1902 |
Borkum - Vigo, 2 repairs |
1902 |
Valentia - Hearts Content,1894 cable |
1903 |
Borkum - Vigo |
1903 |
Le Havre - Waterville, 2 repairs |
1903 |
Valentia - Hearts Content, 1873, 1874 cables |
1903 |
Borkum - Vigo |
1903 |
Borkum - Lowestoft, 1871 cable |
1903 |
Borkum - Fayal, 1903 cable |
1903 |
Borkum - Vigo, 1896 cable |
1904 |
Brest - Cape Cod, 1898 cable: |
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OTHER DUTIES
Capt. H. Woodcock: |
1897 |
Route survey Bermuda - Turks Island - Jamaica 1898 cable |
1897 |
Route survey German Atlantic 1900 cable |
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Capt. J.E. Leach: |
1901 |
Route survey for Pacific Cable |
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