History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network

CS Stanelco (2)
by Bill Glover

CS STANELCO (2)

Built in 1975 by Brattvag Skips., Brattvag.

Length 64.22m  Breadth 13.3m  Depth 4.7m  Gross tonnage 1692.

Built as the coaster Siraholm. Converted for cable repair work in 1982 for Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik and renamed Stanelco (2).

Sold to Alcatel Contracting Norway A/S, Oslo in 2000.

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