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Mounted submarine cable
A portion of submarine cable mounted on a wooden block. The core consists of one copper wire covered with gutta percha which in turn is covered with a copper sheath and hemp packing. The inner sheathing consists of twelve galvanised wires and the outer sheathing consists of fourteen galvanised wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0164 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Emden (1908) |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | 85 mm x 72 mm x 73 mm |