Deep sea submarine cable section on plinth

A section of submarine cable that is mounted on a plinth. It is believed this is a section of the earliest type of "Deep Sea" type submarine cable: St Vincent - Pernambuco.

Object Details

ID: AAB0120
Collection: Communications and signalling
Type: Submarine cable
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Edinburgh (1855); Hibernia (1861) Norseman IV 1885
Date made: 1874
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 135 mm
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