History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
CS Telconia
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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CS Telconia |
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CS TELCONIA Built in 1909 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Length 213.2 ft. Breadth 30.9 ft Depth 13.0 ft. Gross tonnage 1013
Built for the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, both to assist the cable layers on major projects and also to carry out repair work when required. Fitted with two 22 ft diameter tanks, one forward and one aft, capable of holding 8000 cubic feet of cable. Two bow sheaves were fitted but no stern sheaves. In service until late 1934 when sold for scrap. CABLE WORK
Site visitor Roger Groombridge has provided the ship's log of CS Telconia for the voyage of September 10th through October 13th 1926, when the ship was laying and repairing cables for the Spanish Government. The cover of the log gives a summary of the work:
A partial list of the crew:
Complete crew list page images:
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