The British cable ship Monarch laying a cable between England and the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Monday 9 June 1884

An item referred to another Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant of which the correspondent at London reported that the cable ship Monarch (1) of the British Post Office was loading part of the cable at Woolwich. She was to depart coming Saturday to the Dutch coast for laying down new cables. This had to be done in two parts lacking enough space on board for the complete cable. The first part was between Zandvoort and halfway of the North Sea where the end of the cable was fitted to a buoy. The Monarch was then to return home for the second part. If the weather was favourable the whole project was to be completed within 14 days. On board of the Monarch was the chief engineer of the Post Office responsible for the supervision assisted by the engineer of the Onderzeesche telegraafmaatschappij which latter company exploited the cable. The cable was made in the plants of the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Limited consisting of four strings and of the best quality. The new cable was not to be laid down on the exact spot as the old ones but some miles southwards. Directly after she was laid down was to be started with repairing with one of the older one by replacing the worse part. Within short term were two telegraph cables between England and the Netherlands in this manner available.

Another Dutch newspaper the Goessche Courant dated Thursday 12 June reported her arrival in Sunday night off Scheveningen, Netherlands.

The Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated Thursday 19 February 1885 referred to the correspondent at London of the newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant who reported that last Wednesday the Monarch left Woolwich to repair the old cable which was broken in November.

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1. See more details the website http://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Monarch(2)/index.htm