Submarine cable incident record
C-Lion1 — Confirmed — 2024-11-18
Chinese ship detained over sabotage of C-Lion1 cable connecting Finland and Germany, and a cable between Sweden and Lithuania.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- C-Lion1
- Affected countries
- Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden
- Region
- North Atlantic and Europe
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.