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Cable Laying Ship Collection

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage, June 17, (1901)

The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage, June 17, (1901)

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: MINIA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

MINIA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
MINIA, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home, 1865

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the paying-out machinery of the Great Eastern, 1865

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the paying-out machinery of the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the paying-out machinery of the Great Eastern - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Cable-laying between Italy and Corsica

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon... (1901). Creator: Unknown

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon... (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon fitted with the machine for passing the coil overboard, (1901). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901)

The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901)

Background imageCable Laying Ship Collection: Laying the Lines That Bridge The Seven Seas, c1935. Artist: Siemens Brothers and Company Limited

Laying the Lines That Bridge The Seven Seas, c1935. Artist: Siemens Brothers and Company Limited
Laying the Lines That Bridge The Seven Seas, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]


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