£200 - £300
An Edward VII silver presentation salver maker's mark rubbed, London 1906, 24.5cm diameter, 638g (20oz) CS CAMBRIA Built in 1905 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Length 283.0 ft. Breadth 37.1ft Depth 16.2ft Gross tonnage 1959 Built for the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd. Sold to the Eastern Telegraph Company in 1912. Chartered shortly after by the Western Telegraph Company for repair and renewal of cables on the east coast of South America. Followed by similar work for the Eastern in the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa during the first World War. In 1919 based at Zanzibar for the maintenance of cables in the area. Severely damaged in a storm, repairs were carried out in Durban and Cambria remained there as repair ship for the St Helena - Cape Town cable.
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