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Cable ships of the United Kingdom
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The list Cable ships of the United Kingdom includes
CS Alert (1890), HMS Squirrel (1904), HMS Thrush (1889), CS Telconia and CS Faraday (1874).
The list consists of 14 members.
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CS Alert (1890)
cable-laying ship that had a significant role in World War I
Overview: CS Alert, or HMTS Alert, was a cable-laying ship that had a significant role in World War I. She was launched in 1871 for the Submarine Telegraph Company with the name The Lady Carmichael. In 1890 the ...
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HMS Squirrel (1904)
1904 patrol vesselOverview: HMS Squirrel was built for the Royal Navy as a coast guard vessel, commissioned in 1905 to replace the previous HMS Squirrel. She was built at Belfast by Workman, Clark and Company as yard number 215 ... 0
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HMS Thrush (1889)
1889 Redbreast-class gunboat
Overview: HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class composite gunboat, the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. 0
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CS Faraday (1874)
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Overview: The CS Faraday was a cable ship built for Siemens Brothers and launched in 1874. 0
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CS Mackay-Bennett
Halifax Cable Ship famous for its retrieval of Titanic victim's bodies following disaster.
Overview: The Cable Ship Mackay-Bennett was a transatlantic cable-laying and cable-repair ship registered at Lloyd's of London as a Glasgow vessel but owned by the American Commercial Cable Company. She is notable ... 0
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SS Great Eastern
British sailing steamship launched in 1858
Overview: SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London, England. Powered by both si ... 0
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CS Monarch (1945)
British cable-laying shipOverview: HMTS Monarch, launched on 8 August 1945 and completed during February 1946, was the fourth cable ship with that name. The ship was built for the General Post Office (GPO) for the laying and repair of ... 0
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RMS Scotia
ship
Overview: Scotia was a British passenger liner operated by the Cunard Line that won the Blue Riband in 1863 for the fastest westbound transatlantic voyage. She was the last oceangoing paddle steamer, and as late ... 0
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CS Telconia
cable layer built in 1909Overview: CS Telconia was a British cable ship used in the early 20th century to lay and repair submarine communications cables. She was built in 1909 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the Telegraph Construction ... 0
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HMS Pique (1834)
1834 Pique-class fifth-rate frigate
Overview: HMS Pique was a wooden fifth-rate sailing frigate of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir William Symonds. She was launched on 21 July 1834 at Devonport. The vessel was of 1,633 tons burthen and had 36 guns ... 0
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HMS Agamemnon (1852)
1852 Agamemnon-class steam ship of the line
Overview: HMS Agamemnon was a Royal Navy 91-gun battleship ordered by the Admiralty in 1849, in response to the perceived threat from France by their possession of ships of the Napoléon class. 0
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CS Ocean Layer
ship built in 1948
Overview: Ocean Layer was a 2,773 GRT cable ship built as a cargo ship in 1945 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, German. She was seized in May 1945 before launching and claimed as a war prize. Named ... 0
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CS Sovereign
cable layer launched in 1991
Overview: C.S. Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works. The ship was designed by BT Marine with Hart Fenton & Company as Naval Architects (now Houlder Ltd) and ... 0
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CS Faraday (1923)
Ship (1923)Overview: The second CS Faraday was a cable ship built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne, in 1922–23, as a replacement for the ageing CS Faraday built in 1874. Design of the new ship was ... 0
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