History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
CS Tyrian
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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CS Tyrian |
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CS TYRIAN Built in 1869 by Duncan and Company, Port Glasgow Length 237.5 ft Breadth 30.2 ft Depth 19.9 ft Gross tonnage 1039
Built as a commercial trading vessel owned initially by the Anchor Line and used on runs from Glasgow to New York via the Mediterranean. Sold to Archibald Colvil on 26 January 1893. Subsequently sold to the Canadian Government in 1902 and converted for cable work. In September 1909 Tyrian, under Captain Dickson, carried "a score of reporters" waiting for news of Peary's Arctic Expedition of that year, and met Peary on his return [New York Times, 20 September 1909]. In 1917 Tyrian was at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the day of the great explosion which destroyed the French Cable Wharf . The ship remained in service until 1935, when she was broken up.
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Last revised: 23 September, 2016 |
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