CS Retriever
Cable Ship Retriever (4,000 tons gross weight), or more accurately a cable repair ship, used for raising and repairing damaged submarine communications cables. The vessel was owned by Cable & Wireless, which firm my dad worked for, so one weekend, when she was berthed in the London Royal Docks shortly after delivery, we went for a tour.
She was new in 1961 and was the first in the fleet to be diesel-electric powered.
Scan of a 5in x 3in print taken from a very dusty negative.
CS Retriever
Cable Ship Retriever (4,000 tons gross weight), or more accurately a cable repair ship, used for raising and repairing damaged submarine communications cables. The vessel was owned by Cable & Wireless, which firm my dad worked for, so one weekend, when she was berthed in the London Royal Docks shortly after delivery, we went for a tour.
She was new in 1961 and was the first in the fleet to be diesel-electric powered.
Scan of a 5in x 3in print taken from a very dusty negative.