Sir_James_Anderson

James Anderson (sea captain)

James Anderson (sea captain)

British captain of the SS Great Eastern

Sir James Anderson (1824–1893) captained SS Great Eastern on the laying of the Transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865 and 1866.[1]

James Anderson, 1866 engraving
(The Illustrated London News)

Anderson was born in Dumfries in south west Scotland and educated at the academy there.[1]

Anderson captained Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, on the transatlantic telegraph cable laying voyages of 1865 and 1866.[2] In 1872 he was appointed as the first managing director of the Eastern Telegraph Company.[3] This which became the largest submarine cable firm in the world.

References

  1. [1]
    Rinaldi, Giancarlo (14 December 2016). "The Cable Guy: Captain James Anderson". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Great Eastern
  3. [3]
    "Records created and used by the Eastern Telegraph Company - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. JISC. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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