History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
CS Kirkham & Assaye by Bill Glover

CS KIRKHAM & CS ASSAYE

KIRKHAM

Built in 1856 at Birkenhead

Length 201.1 ft Breadth 34.1 ft Depth 26.0 ft Gross tonnage 1061

Chartered from J. Fleming and Company and fitted out for the 1864 Persian Gulf Cable Expedition.

ASSAYE

Built in 1853 at Greenock

Length 161.3 ft Breadth 29.1 ft Depth 20.4 ft Gross tonnage 1528

Built as a paddle frigate for the Royal Indian Navy and then purchased by Stewart and Company who removed the engines. Chartered for the 1864 expedition. Foundered off the West Coast of Ireland 28 January 1865 on the return voyage.

CABLE WORK
(for both, with Marion Moore, Tweed, Cospatrick - Amberwitch)

1864	Persian Gulf: Gwadar - Karachi Gwadar - Cape Mussendom - Bushire - Fao

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Last revised: 26 January, 2012

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