Description of two of latest additions to Post Office fleet of cable ships, HMTS Ariel and Iris; these ships each have gross tonnage of 1478, service speed of 12 knots and cable tank capacity of 16,000 cu ft, sufficient to hold about 73 nautical mi of standard concentric submarine cable.


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    Title :

    Recent additions to Post Office fleet of cable ships


    Additional title:

    Post Office Elec Engrs' J



    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Recent additions to transatlantic group fleet

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    Ships for postwar fleet

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    Fleet of small motor ships

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    Post office cable ship "alert."

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