Salernum (cable ship)

[john sefton]

SALERNUM m.v. Cable ship. Built by Navalmeccanica Castellamare di Stabia at Naples for Compagnia Italiana Navicablo-grafiche at Palermo in 1953. The Italian GPO chartered her when there was cable work to be done but she had also been fitted out for hydrografical and oceanographical research. She had 3 cable tanks for 30,000 cu.ft. of cable. Her dimensions are 103.51m x 12.63m x 5.92m (depth) x 5.63m (draught). Her ft. is 2,834; 1,032 net and 2200 dwt. Her two Fiat diesels
of 3,500 bhp and two screws give her a speed of 17 knots. In 1984 she was sold to Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. at New York.

SALERNUM

Maldives 1976 1r

Built 1954, Navameccania Castellammare de Stabia, Naples

Length 339.6 ft Breadth 41.0 ft Depth 18.5 ft Gross tonnage 2789

Fitted out for oceanographic and hydrographic work as well as cable laying. Sold in 1984 to Transoceanic Cableship Co., a subsidiary of AT&T, and renamed CHARLES L. BROWN. Used for cable repair until 2003, when she was scuttled to form an artificial reef off the island of St. Eustatius in the Caribbean.

CABLE WORK

1957 Italy - Sardinia
1962 Sicily - Sardinia
1975 Germany - Sweden

The vessel in the background of the Maldives stamp is SALERNUM. The vessel in the foreground is MERCURY.

Maldives 1976 1r SG647.


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Log Book Sept 1986

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

IMO.5307738
Togo 1976, 25 Fr. StG.1126.