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 |
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CS HAWK Built in 1864 at Renfrew, Scotland Length 241.8 ft. Breadth 28.1 ft. Depth 15.1 ft. Gross tonnage 732
Bought in 1866 by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., and fitted out for cable laying and repairing. A single tank of 3087 cu. ft. was fitted along with a single paying out-picking up machine forward and a single paying out machine aft. Sold to the Anglo Mediterranean Telegraph Co. in 1870. Transferred to the Eastern Telegraph Co. in 1872 and used as a repair vessel in the Mediterranean until wrecked in 1877. CABLE WORK
CABLE REPAIRS
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Last revised: 12 August, 2015 |
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