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Barbados commemorates the centenary of telecommunications in the island with a set of four stamps, the 10c. showing the cable ship Stanley Angwin off the St. Lawrence coast. She was built in 1952 by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne, and is owned by Cable and Wireless Ltd. Her gross tonnage is 2,530; net 879 tons; summer deadweight 2,297 tons. Her dimensions are 314 ft. 6 in. x 41 ft. 2 in. x 19 ft. SG441

Built as a cable ship under yard No 1890 by Swan, Hunter & W. Richardson, Low Walker for the Cable & Wireless Co. in London.
11 February 1952 launched as the STANLEY ANGWIN. Christened by Lady Angwin, the ship was named after a C&W chairman Sir Stanley Angwin. One sister the EDWARD WILSHAW.
Tonnage 2,530 grt, 879 nrt, 2,297 dwt, dim. 314.6 x 41.2 x 25.6 ft, maximum draught was 19.0 ft.
Powered by two 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engines manufactured by builders, 1,900 hp, twin shafts, speed 11 knots.
Range 10,000 miles
Three cable tanks with a total capacity of 18,850 ft.
Crew 114.
May 1952 completed.

She was built for cable repair and maintenance and based in Singapore.

1961 Lengthened to 97.0m, tonnage 2,604 grt, 2,210 dwt.
March 1971 out of service and laid up.
May 1972 sold for scrap to J de Smedt at Burcht, Belgium, arrived on the scrapyard on 16 May 1972.

Barbados 1972 10c sg441, scott?,

Source: Log Book. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz