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 Amberwitch by Bill Glover

SS CHARENTE / CS AMBERWITCH

Taken from the Illustrated London News of 13 September 1873, this shows Amberwitch hauling in the cable into which a whale had become entangled.

Built in 1862 by Sir James Laing and Company, Sunderland

Length 175.0 ft Breadth 27.0 ft Depth 16.5 ft Gross tonnage 441

Launched as the Charente and purchased in 1864 by the Indian Government, renamed Amberwitch and fitted out under the supervision of Sir Charles Bright, for cable duties in the Persian Gulf. In service until 1879 when replaced by Patrick Stewart (1).

CABLE WORK

(With CS Tweed, Kirkham, Assaye, Marion Moore)

1864	Persian Gulf: Gwadar - Karachi Gwadar - Cape Mussendom - Bushire - Fao

(With CS Tweed, Calcutta)

1869	Bushire - Jask

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Last revised: 26 January, 2012

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