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 Berwick by Bill Glover

CS BERWICK

Built in 1855 by J.E. Scott, Greenock

Length 183.3 ft. Breadth 27.1 ft. Depth 15.9 ft. Gross tonnage 537.

Chartered by Glass Elliot & Co., from G. Elliot & D. Jonassohn to lay the following cables.

CABLE WORK

1859	Heligoland - Denmark
1859	Suez - Kossier - Suakin - Aden
1860	Aden - Hallani - Muscat - Karachi

Capt. Cowle:
1859	Sweden - Gotland
1859	Abbotscliffe, England - Cap Gris Nez, France No 1
1859	Malta - Sicily
1861	Toulon, France - Corsica
1862	Abermawr, Wales - Wexford, Ireland

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Last revised: 3 July, 2015

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