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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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CS
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CS SOVEREIGN
Built in1991 by Van de Giessen de Noord, Netherlands. Length 127.3 m Breadth 21 m Depth 7 m Gross tonnage 11242 Built for BT Marine Ltd. as a cable layer/repair vessel. Fitted with four tanks with a total capacity of 2800 cubic metres or 6200 tonnes of fibre optic cable. Cable laying via a stern sheave 4 metres in diameter and a 40 tonne 4 metre diameter drum cable engine. Cable repair was undertaken via the bow sheaves and two 40 tonne 4 metre diameter drum cable engines. When Cable & Wireless (Marine) Ltd. took over the BT cable fleet. ownership of CS Sovereign was assumed by BT Forty Ltd. C&W acted as managers and operators of the vessel. When Global Marine Ltd. took over the C&W cable fleet similar conditions applied.
The vessel's main duties are on Atlantic cable maintenance. Her home port is Portland, Dorset. CABLE WORK
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