History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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CS Mernoo |
CS MERNOO Built in 1926 by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Length 285.3 ft Breadth 42.7 ft Depth 20.4 ft Gross tonnage 2417 Chartered by the Australian GPO and fitted out with a portable combined paying out-picking up machine and bow sheaves to carry out repairs on the Bass Strait cable in 1937. Used to lay harbour defence cables during WWII as well as carrying out cable repairs.
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Last revised: 8 February, 2012 |
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