British cable layer Cable wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlands-Indië dated Friday 6 December 1935

The press association ANIP reported that the Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Company at Singapore was negotiating with the Nederlandsch-Indische Steenkolen en Handel-Maatschappij (N.I.S.H.M.) at Tandjong Priok over the possibilities of salvaging the British cable layer Cable which struck a rock in the mouth of the Saigon river near Cape St. Jacques. The Eastern at London with which Singapore had contact was to decide in this matter while the board of the N.I.S.H.M. in the Netherlands was responsible for her part in the negotiations. Singapore was lacking suitable salvage material and so was the N.I.S.H.M. asked for help. The two salvage pumps of the Kraus for instance were cable to pump out 400 tons of water in an hour. If the order was received was the Kraus to depart for Saigon while towing a lighter and her expected arrival was after 8-10 days. To the crew of the Kraus was a wireless operator to be added while she had a radio wireless installation on board in case she made long voyages. The 162 kilometres of telegraph cable on board of the Cable was to be loaded on the lighter. The Kraus was fitted out and ready for immediate departure. Later tidings reported that the firm Maclaine Watson&Co. agents for Lloyds replaced Eastern Extension as negotiators.

That morning arrived in the harbour of Tandjong Priok the Danish cable layer Pacific coming from Singapore for coal. She was destined to replace the cable layer which recently struck the rocks at Saigon and was considered as being totally lost. She was to depart that afternoon to Saigon.