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 HIBERNIA Built in 1861 by Palmers S. B. and Ironworks, Jarrow Length 360.5 ft Breadth 40.4 ft Depth 29.3 ft Gross tonnage 3,183
Purchased from the Anchor Line in 1869 by Telcon. Fitted with three tanks with a coiling capacity of 54,553 cu ft of cable. Telcon’s standard paying out-picking up machine was installed along with one bow and one stern sheave. Hibernia left Gravesend on 30 October 1877 to lay a cable for the Western & Brazilian Telegraph Company. Coaling at the Cape Verde Islands Hibernia arrived at Maranham Bay on the evening of 21 November and anchored there for the night. The following morning the vessel sailed upriver and moored up. During the night the ship touched bottom and could not be freed and as the tide rose she flooded, breaking her back. Various local vessels salvaged 90 nm of cable, and CS Calabria recovered a further 60 nm. CS Norseman (1) belonging to W&B arrived next morning but the two Captains could not agree salvage terms. CABLE WORK
CABLE REPAIRS
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Last revised: 12 August, 2015 |
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