Telconia

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

Telconia

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

1125780

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Flag

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Vessel type

ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

1,013

Length overall

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Beam

9.4 m

Year built

1909

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About Telconia

CS Telconia was a British cable ship used in the early 20th century to lay and repair submarine communications cables. She was built in 1909 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (a subsidiary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company) and remained in service until late 1934. Telconia is often incorrectly credited with playing a role in cutting German cables in August 1914. In her book The Zimmermann Telegram, American historian Barbara Tuchman incorrectly asserted this based on an interview with a retired Royal Navy officer decades later. Scholars have since determined that in fact it was the British General Post Office ship CS Alert that carried out these attacks. The job of Alert was to locate and cut the five German cables heading into the Atlantic. A similar operation cut the German cables that connected Great Britain to the German coast.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Telconia now?

Seadar has no displayable AIS position for Telconia in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Telconia?

Telconia is a ship, built in 1909 by Swan Hunter. The vessel has a gross tonnage of 1,013.

What sanctions and inspection records does Seadar hold for Telconia?

Seadar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Telconia from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Telconia. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.