wiredInUSA March 2020

RRS Sir David Attenborough. Photograph courtesy of BSE via ship technology

Cables on ice

UK-based Elmeridge Cables Ltd has recently fulfilled two contracts for the British Antarctic Survey. Elmeridge was contracted to supply two lengths of double-armored CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) cable for two Royal Research Survey vessels. The contracts were for a single 8,000m length for the RRS James Clark Ross and a single 10,000m length for the RRS Sir David Attenborough.

deployment and recovery, no grease or oil could be applied on, or to the galvanized improved plow steel (GIPS) armor wires – an assurance we were happy to give,” said Des Smith, owner/managing director at Elmeridge Cables. He added that BAS also gave strict specifications for the diameter and width of the cable drums, even down to the hole size for the spindle, to allow direct loading and unloading of the drums to and from the winches on board both vessels.

“[British Antarctic Survey] stipulated that to avoid slippage on the winch during

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