CS WESTMEATH / FRAN�OIS ARAGO
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Fran�ois Arago at Le Havre
Postcard dated 31 January 1906 |
Built in 1882 by Sunderland Shipbuilding Co.
Length 320.0' Breadth 42.4' Depth 19.0' Gross tonnage 3342
Owned by W.T. Henley Telegraph Works. Chartered in 1887 to La Soci�t� Fran�aise des T�l�graphes Sous-Marin to lay cables in the Antilles. Sold in 1893 to La Soci�t� Industrielle des T�l�phones and renamed Fran�ois Arago. Sold out of the cable world in 1914 to La Compagnie Fran�aise de Marine et Commerce and renamed Peronne.
CABLE WORK AS WESTMEATH
| 1888 |
Santiago de Cuba - Guantanamo, Cuba
Guantanamo, Cuba - St Nicholas Mole, Haiti
St Nicholas Mole - Cap Haitien, Haiti
Cap Haitien - Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| 1889 |
Fort de France, Martinique - Point � Pirie, Guadeloupe
Point � Pirie - St Louis, Marie Galante
Fort de France - Charlotte Am�lie, St Thomas |
| 1890 |
Fort de France, Martinique - Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
| 1890 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Bermuda |
| 1890 |
Trinidad - British Guiana |
| 1890 |
St Vincent - Barbados |
| 1891 |
Paramaribo - Cayenne, French Guiana - Vizen, Brazil |
| 1891 |
Mole St Nicholas - Port au Prince, Haiti |
| 1891 |
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - Fort de France, Martinique |
| 1891 |
Guadeloupe - Marie Galante: Guadeloupe - The Saints Island |
| 1892 |
Nassau, Bahamas - Jupiter, Florida |
1892 |
Marseilles - Oran |
See also this page on the survey work carried out by CS Westmeath for the 1890-91 cables.
CABLE WORK AS FRAN�OIS ARAGO
1893 |
Mon Repos, Queensland, Australia - T�oudi�, New Caledonia |
| 1895 |
Madagascar - Mozambique |
1896 |
New York - Coney Island |
1896 |
Coney Island, USA - Cap Haitien, Haiti |
| 1897-8 |
Brest, France - Cape Cod, USA |
| 1898 |
Cape Cod - New York |
1901 |
Tourane, French Indo China - Amoy, China |
1905 |
Poulo Condor, French Indo China - Pontiak, Borneo, Dutch East Indies |
1905 |
Tamatave, Madagascar - St. Dennis, Reunion |
1906 |
St. Dennis, Reunion - Port Louis, Mauritius |
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