Name: | TELCONIA |
Type: | Cable ship |
Launched: | 19/03/1909 |
Completed: | 05/1909 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 810 |
Dimensions: | 1013grt, 395nrt, 213.2 x 30.9 x 13.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 149nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125780 |
History: | |
05/1909 | Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company |
1935 | Broken up |
Comments: | Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company was |
a subsidiary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company | |
1935: Broken up at Dunston on Tyne in Q1 |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair