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 Scanderia by Bill Glover

CS SCANDERIA

Built in 1866 by the London and Glasgow Company, Glasgow.

Length 328.6 ft. Breadth 35.3 ft. Depth 25.1 ft. Gross tonnage 1,983

Single screw. Compound engine of 200 hp, three masted schooner.

Scanderia was chartered from the Anglo‑Egyptian Navigation Company in December 1868 by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company who fitted the vessel out for cable work by the installation of four cable tanks with a total coiling capacity of 24,381 cubic feet and company paying out and picking up machines. Scanderia was lost in 1872.

CABLE WORK

1868	Malta - Alexandria, Egypt
1869	Brest, France - St Pierre - Miquelon - Duxbury, Massachusetts
1870	India - Suez, Egypt
1870	Malta - Gibraltar - Carcavelos, Portugal
1871	Rhodes - Marmorece
1871	Cyprus - Salakigae
1871	Samos - Scala Nuova
1871	Aevali - Mytilene
1871	Canea - Rettimo - Candia - Sitia - Rhodes
1871	Chios - Chesme
1871	Zante - Corfu
1871	Zante - Cephalonia

Scanderia laying the Malta - Alexandria cable
(Illustrated London News)

Last revised: 29 August, 2008

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