Order to make soundings for the Malta-Alexandria telegraph cable, 1861.
Order from Vice-Admiral William F. Martin, commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, dated 2 March 1861, to make soundings for the Malta-Alexandria submarine telegraph cable, but not to interfere 'by taking soundings or by writing' with the Suez Canal scheme.
Record Details
| Item reference: | SPR/5/4 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1861 |
| Creator: | Martin, William Fanshawe |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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