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C.S. Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works. [2] The ship was designed by BT Marine with Hart Fenton & Company as Naval Architects (now Houlder Ltd) and built by Van der Giessen de Noord in 1991. [2] [3] C.S. Sovereign has four cable tanks. Two main tanks each have a capacity of 1,327 cubic ...
Cable ships have unique requirements related to having long idle periods in port between cable laying or repairs, operation at low speeds or stopped at sea during cable operations, long periods running astern (less frequent as stern layers are now common), high maneuverability, and a fair speed to reach operation areas.
The British SS Lord Kelvin was a cable-laying ship which served during the Second World War. Initially owned by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Lord Kelvin was completed in 1916. Sold the same year to Transatlantic Cables, the ship spent the rest of her life laying cables until taken out of service in 1963 and broken up in 1967.
After spending more than 15 years and tons of money on a labor of love, he walked away from the sinking ship. He said he made the right decision.
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 for being the ship that recovered the majority of the bodies after the sinking of the Titanic .
Neptune-class cable ships (3 P) Pages in category "Cable ships of the United States Navy" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Mobile base vessels used by service squadrons (command ships, barracks ships, bulk storage ships, unnamed barges, and floating shipyard equipment) Retired warships; Training equipment and simulators (including two Great Lakes-based paddlewheel aircraft carriers) War prizes; Currently only one ship, USS Prevail, actively carries an IX hull symbol.