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SS Hibernia (1861)

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in 1873 and 1874. This cable was originally ordered by the French Atlantic Telegraph Company just before its takeover by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company. After completion, because of the shorter route, 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) of cable was left and so additional cable was ordered to
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it carried mail and passengers and was engaged in many other parts of the world in cable laying work. In 1872 ownership was passed over to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of London. In 1873
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was also under contract to repair the French Atlantic Cable, that stretched from
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Originally owned by the Atlantic Royal Mail Steamship Navigation Company of
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s task was the laying the short ends of the cables that came ashore.
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Atlantic Royal Mail Steamship Navigation Company (1861-1872)
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enable another cable to be laid, this being done in 1874.
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Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (1872-1877)
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This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a
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After completion of the cable laying at Heart's Content
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built in the shipyards Palmer Brothers & Company of
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Vol. XCI, No. 3&4, Winter/Spring 1998, Page 23.
791: 315:Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping 336:"Palmer Brothers & Co, Jarrow (1852-1865)" 774: 409: 815:Water transport in Newfoundland and Labrador 289:sank while anchored off Ponta d'Areia, near 781: 767: 416: 402: 426:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1877 18:For other ships with the same name, see 161:320 shp (239 kW) steam engine 792: 397: 214:with Wilson Robert Cato as Master at 36: 737: 820:Maritime incidents in November 1877 13: 153:29 ft 1 in (8.86 m) 14: 846: 273:to replace broken cables between 79:Palmer Brothers & Co., Jarrow 830:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 741: 38: 192: 353: 328: 303: 1: 835:Individual ship or boat stubs 805:Ships built on the River Tyne 296: 825:Maritime incidents in Brazil 753:. You can help Knowledge by 311:"Register of Ships - Hen-Hy" 7: 10: 851: 736: 17: 712: 590: 433: 340:Tyne Built Ships Database 212:Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 107: 31: 27: 137:360 ft (110 m) 108:General characteristics 285:. 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SS Hibernia
GRT
NRT
steamship
Jarrow
County Durham
England
London
Brest
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Sheerness
Great Eastern
telegraph cables
Heart's Content
Newfoundland
Valentia
County Kerry
Ireland
Brazil
Pará
Maranhão
Pernambuco
São Luís, Maranhão
"Register of Ships - Hen-Hy"
"Palmer Brothers & Co, Jarrow (1852-1865)"
"Hibernia"
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1877

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