Patrol (cable ship)
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:51 pm
Built 1903, Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Length 357.0 ft Breadth 44.0 ft Depth 21.0 ft Gross tonnage 3132
Built for the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company. Transferred to Imperial & International Communications Ltd in 1929 and based at Singapore until 1933 when sold to Japanese shipbreakers for scrap.
CABLE WORK
1903 Balikpapan - Kwandang (Dutch East Indies)
1908 Cocos - Batavia
1922 Singapore - Batavia
Various web sites
Cocos Is SG131.
Length 357.0 ft Breadth 44.0 ft Depth 21.0 ft Gross tonnage 3132
Built for the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company. Transferred to Imperial & International Communications Ltd in 1929 and based at Singapore until 1933 when sold to Japanese shipbreakers for scrap.
CABLE WORK
1903 Balikpapan - Kwandang (Dutch East Indies)
1908 Cocos - Batavia
1922 Singapore - Batavia
Various web sites
Cocos Is SG131.