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CS Monarch (1916)
Five cable-laying ships have been named CS ''Monarch'', or, after the nationalisation of British telegraph companies, HMTS ''Monarch'': * , a paddle steamer built in 1830, used as a cable ship by Electric Telegraph Company The Electric Telegraph Company (ETC) was a British telegraph company founded in 1846 by William Fothergill Cooke and John Ricardo. It was the world's first public telegraph company. The equipment used was the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, ... from 1853 onwards. * , built in 1883 for the Post Office. Sunk 1915 off Folkestone in World War I. * , built in 1916 as a replacement for but named ''Monarch'' after the 1915 sinking. Badly damaged by friendly fire from an American ship during the Normandy landings (Monarch was tasked with providing a telephone connection to France). Sunk by U-boat off Folkestone 16 April 1945 after repairing a cable to the Netherlands. * , launched in 1945 and completed in 1946 she was renamed CS ''Sentinel'' in 1970 and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CS Monarch (3)
Five cable-laying ships have been named CS ''Monarch'', or, after the nationalisation of British telegraph companies, HMTS ''Monarch'': * , a paddle steamer built in 1830, used as a cable ship by Electric Telegraph Company The Electric Telegraph Company (ETC) was a British telegraph company founded in 1846 by William Fothergill Cooke and John Ricardo. It was the world's first public telegraph company. The equipment used was the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, ... from 1853 onwards. * , built in 1883 for the Post Office. Sunk 1915 off Folkestone in World War I. * , built in 1916 as a replacement for but named ''Monarch'' after the 1915 sinking. Badly damaged by friendly fire from an American ship during the Normandy landings (Monarch was tasked with providing a telephone connection to France). Sunk by U-boat off Folkestone 16 April 1945 after repairing a cable to the Netherlands. * , launched in 1945 and completed in 1946 she was renamed CS ''Sentinel'' in 1970 and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable Layer
A cable layer or cable ship is a deep-sea vessel designed and used to lay underwater cables for telecommunications, electric power transmission, military, or other purposes. Cable ships are distinguished by large cable sheaves for guiding cable over bow or stern or both. Bow sheaves, some very large, were characteristic of all cable ships in the past, but newer ships are tending toward having stern sheaves only, as seen in the photo of CS ''Cable Innovator'' at the Port of Astoria on this page. The names of cable ships are often preceded by "C.S." as in CS ''Long Lines''. The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid by cable layers in 1857–58. It briefly enabled telecommunication between Europe and North America before misuse resulted in failure of the line. In 1866 the successfully laid two transatlantic cables, securing future communication between the continents. Modern cable ships Cable ships have unique requirements related to having long idle periods in port b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Telegraph Company
The Electric Telegraph Company (ETC) was a British telegraph company founded in 1846 by William Fothergill Cooke and John Ricardo. It was the world's first public telegraph company. The equipment used was the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, an electrical telegraph developed a few years earlier in collaboration with Charles Wheatstone. The system had been taken up by several railway companies for signalling purposes, but in forming the company Cooke intended to open up the technology to the public at large. The ETC had a monopoly of electrical telegraphy until the formation of the Magnetic Telegraph Company (commonly called the ''Magnetic'') who used a different system which did not infringe the ETC's patents. The Magnetic became the chief rival of the ETC and the two of them dominated the market even after further companies entered the field. The ETC was heavily involved in laying submarine telegraph cables, including lines to the Netherlands, Ireland, the Channel Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarch (other)
A monarch is a ruler in a system (monarchy) where succession is hereditary. Monarch or Monarchy may also refer to: Biology * ''Danaus'' (genus), a genus of butterflies commonly called monarchs *Monarch flycatcher or ''Monarchidae'', a family of passerine birds Places *Monarch, Alberta, Canada * Monarch, Colorado, United States *Monarch, Montana, an American unincorporated community * Monarch, Virginia, United States * Monarch, West Virginia, United States *Monarch, Wyoming, an American unincorporated community *Monarch Icefield, a large continental icecap in British Columbia, Canada *Monarch Lake, a reservoir in Colorado, United States *Monarch Mountain, a summit of the Pacific Ranges in British Columbia, Canada * Monarch Mountain (Alberta), a peak in the Victoria Cross Ranges in Canada *Monarch Pass, Colorado, United States *Monarch Ski Area, Colorado, United States *The Monarch (Canadian Rockies), a mountain in Canada Entertainment * ''Monarch'' (film), a 2000 British costume d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
