"OCEANIC PEARL" VISIT

On May 27th, 2004 BDAE visited James Fisher & Sons cable laying ship "Oceanic Pearl". We had a most comprehensive tour and there were many questions with respect to operation, maintenance, and the problems and complexities of deep ocean cable laying of which few of us were aware. All the queries were ably fielded by the team who took us on board to show us round to whom we are most grateful.

Some photographs taken on the visit are shown below.

             "OCEANIC PEARL" IN THE ANCHOR LINE BASIN                                                             ONE OF THE CABLE HOLDS

                              CABLE LAYING MACHINERY                                                                         ONE OF THE DIESEL GENERATORS

                            PLOUGH FOR CABLE TRENCHING                                                                             BRIDGE CONSOLE

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