| Name: | BULLFROG |
| Type: | Cable Ship |
| Launched: | 26/01/1944 |
| Completed: | 06/1944 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1802 |
| Dimensions: | 1524grt, 563nrt, 252.0 x 36.4 x 22.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (18, 22 & 36 x 24ins), 194nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1947: 181936) |
| History: | |
| 06/1944 | The Admiralty - British Royal Navy |
| 1947 | Cable & Wireless Ltd, London; renamed RETRIEVER |
| 1960 | Renamed RETRIEVER III |
| 1961 | Commercial Cable Co (Marine) Ltd, London |
| 1961 | Renamed CABLE RESTORER |
| 1972 | South Atlantic Cable Co Ltd, Cape Town |
| 1994 | Simonstown Maritime Museum |
| 2018 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1994: Preserved as a museum exhibit at Simonstown, South Africa |
Above photo as BULLFROG is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as CABLE RESTORER is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CABLE RESTORER is copyright of Walter E Frost, City of Vancouver Archives.
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Above photo as CABLE RESTORER is copyright of Patrick Gavin Worman
Above photo as CABLE RESTORER is copyright of Patrick Gavin Worman
Above photo as CABLE RESTORER is copyright of Bob Shackleton