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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Cable Stamps - ANZCAN, SCOTICECAN,
Bermuda-Tortola, |
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to Bill Glover for providing the stamp images and text for this page.
All material on this page is copyright © 2005 Bill Glover |
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ANZCAN Norfolk Island
1983 30-85c Laid as a replacement for COMPAC, ANZCAN followed the same route with the addition of a landing at Norfolk Island. The cable 8250 nm long, with 1213 repeaters, has a capacity of 1380 telephone circuits. CS Cable Venture laid 6300 nm of cable from Vancouver to Sydney. CS Mercury laid the Norfolk Island - Auckland section of 730 nm as well as 1220 nm of the Vancouver - Sydney cable. HMNZS Monowai surveyed the route and CS Retriever undertook the rerouting of part of the Fiji - Auckland COMPAC cable. CS Cable Enterprise laid the shore ends at Hawaii, CS Retriever (5) the Fiji shore ends, MV Chantik those at Norfolk Island and CS Mercury at Sydney and Auckland. Standard Telephone and Cables Ltd. manufactured all of the Vancouver - Sydney cable. Fujitsu manufactured the Norfolk Island - Auckland cable.
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SCOTICECAN Iceland 1962 5-7k The manufacture of this co-axial cable was split between two companies Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd., who manufactured the SCOTICE section. The section from Scotland to the Faroes (284 nm and 10 repeaters) was owned as follows:- 50% British Post Office, 25% Danish PTT, and 25% Great Northern Telegraph Company. The section from Faroes to Iceland (401 nm and 15 repeaters) was owned as follows 12½% Danish PTT and the remainder by the Great Northern Telegraph Company. These cables were laid by JOHN W. MACKAY and ALERT (4). The ICECAN cable was manufactured by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke and was laid by NEPTUN (3) with EDOUARD SUENSON laying the shore ends in Greenland. The Iceland Greenland section (829 nm and 38 repeaters) was owned by Great Northern and that from Greenland to Canada (887 nm and 40 repeaters) was owned jointly by Great Northern and the Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation. |
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BERMUDA - TORTOLA Bermuda
1967 3d-2/6 Laid for and operated by Cable & Wireless. The co-axial cable 902 nm in length with 35 repeaters was laid by CS Mercury. Submarine Cables Ltd. manufactured the cable and repeater housings, with repeater electronics being supplied by Standard Telephone and Cables Ltd. CS Stanley Angwin surveyed the route. Opened for service in June 1966 it had a capacity of 80 telephone circuits.
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DENMARK - RUSSIA The 1200 km long cable, laid by MV DOCK EXPRESS 20, runs from Copenhagen to Kingiseppe where it transfers to a microwave link to Moscow and St. Petersburg. MV DOCK EXPRESS 20 Built 1983 by Verolme Heusden, Netherlands Length 169.52 m Breadth 24.2 m Depth 8.79 m Owned by Dock-Express Shipping BV. Built originally for offshore oil work. Converted for cable work by TSS (Tyco Submarine Systems) and operated by them on long term charter. MV Dock Express 20 is illustrated on the Russian postcard commemorating the opening of the cable. |
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ISLE OF MAN - ENGLAND FIBRE OPTIC CABLE Laying of the 8000 circuit
cable, which runs from Port Grenaugh, Isle of Man, to Silecroft, Cumbria,
took place in September1987, CS Flexservice 3 undertaking the work
including burial throughout its length. STC |
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Many additional stamps are shown on the pages linked from the Stamps Index page
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Last revised: 18 May, 2010 |
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