BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables 
LV Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables

 3.8/6.6kV, 6.35/11kV, 8.7/15kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Armoured Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables (Radial Field)

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These medium voltage elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in power and control applications.

Standards
 BS 6883
 IEC 60332-3A Flame retardant
 IEC 60754-1; IEC 60754-2 Corrosivity
 IEC 61034-2 Smoke density
 Cold bend and impact (-40°C) (on request)
 CSA C22.2 No. 38-95 (on request)

Construction
 Conductor: Tinned copper wire stranded circular cl. 2 BS 6360/IEC 60228.
 Conductor Screen: Semiconducting layer or tape.
 Insulation: HF-EPR GP5 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Insulation Screen: Semiconducting layer or tape +Tinned copper tape.
 Inner Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.
 Armour: Galvanized steel wire braid or tinned bronze wire braid (single core).
 Outer Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.

Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Minimum Internal Bending Radius: 15×OD (single core); 20×OD (three core)
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

3.8/6.6kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum  Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Maximum Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Nominal Armour Wire Diameter
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×16

3.0

1.3

16.0

18.0

0.3

1.4

20.2

23.0

790

1×25

3.0

1.3

17.6

19.7

0.3

1.5

21.9

24.9

950

1×35

3.0

1.4

18.7

20.8

0.3

1.5

23.0

26.0

1060

1×50

3.0

1.4

19.9

22.3

0.3

1.6

24.4

27.4

1320

1×70

3.0

1.5

21.8

24.3

0.3

1.7

26.5

29.6

1610

1×95

3.0

1.6

23.7

26.3

0.3

1.8

28.6

31.8

1930

1×120

3.0

1.6

25.4

28.0

0.3

1.8

30.2

33.9

2260

1×150

3.0

1.7

27.0

29.8

0.45

1.9

32.8

36.6

2760

1×185

3.0

1.8

29.0

32.1

0.45

2.0

35.0

38.9

3210

1×240

3.0

1.9

31.7

35.0

0.45

2.1

37.9

41.9

3960

1×300

3.0

2.0

34.3

37.6

0.45

2.2

40.6

45.1

4660

1×400

3.0

2.1

37.6

41.4

0.45

2.4

44.4

49.0

5470

1×500

3.2

2.3

41.4

45.4

0.45

2.5

48.4

53.6

6610

1×630

3.2

2.4

45.1

49.2

0.45

2.7

52.4

57.8

8230

3×16

3.0

1.8

32.7

36.0

0.45

2.1

38.9

43.3

2610

3×25

3.0

2.0

36.5

39.9

0.45

2.2

42.9

47.5

3220

3×35

3.0

2.0

38.4

41.9

0.45

2.3

44.9

49.6

3700

3×50

3.0

2.2

41.3

45.3

0.45

2.4

48.1

53.3

4360

3×70

3.0

2.3

45.3

49.4

0.45

2.6

52.4

57.4

5410

3×95

3.0

2.5

49.3

53.9

0.45

2.8

56.8

62.4

6710

3×120

3.0

2.6

53.1

57.8

0.45

2.9

60.8

67.0

7770

3×150

3.0

2.7

56.6

61.4

0.45

3.1

64.6

70.9

9160

3×185

3.0

2.9

60.8

66.1

0.45

3.2

69.1

76.0

10430

3×240

3.0

3.1

66.6

72.2

0.45

3.5

75.5

82.6

12840

6.35/11kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum  Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Maximum Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Nominal Armour Wire Diameter
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×16

3.4

1.3

16.8

18.8

0.3

1.5

21.1

24

810

1×25

3.4

1.4

18.6

20.7

0.3

1.5

22.9

25.9

980

1×35

3.4

1.4

19.4

21.9

0.3

1.6

24.0

27.0

1110

1×50

3.4

1.5

20.8

23.3

0.3

1.6

25.3

28.4

1360

1×70

3.4

1.5

22.6

25.1

0.3

1.7

27.3

30.4

1660

1×95

3.4

1.6

24.4

27.1

0.3

1.8

29.3

33.0

1970

1×120

3.4

1.7

26.3

29.0

0.45

1.9

32.1

35.9

2360

1×150

3.4

1.7

27.8

30.6

0.45

2.0

33.8

37.6

2810

1×185

3.4

1.8

29.8

32.9

0.45

2.0

35.8

39.7

3260

1×240

3.4

1.9

32.5

35.8

0.45

2.2

38.9

43.3

4020

1×300

3.4

2.0

35.0

38.4

0.45

2.3

41.6

46.1

4760

1×400

3.4

2.1

38.4

41.9

0.45

2.4

45.1

49.8

5610

1×500

3.4

2.3

41.8

45.8

0.45

2.5

48.8

54.0

6820

1×630

3.4

2.4

45.5

49.6

0.45

2.7

52.8

58.2

8480

3×16

3.4

1.9

34.5

37.9

0.45

2.1

40.7

45.2

2660

3×25

3.4

2.0

38.2

41.6

0.45

2.3

44.7

49.4

3310

3×35

3.4

2.1

40.2

44.1

0.45

2.4

47.0

51.7

3960

3×50

3.4

2.2

43.0

47.0

0.45

2.5

50.0

55.2

4570

3×70

3.4

2.4

47.1

51.3

0.45

2.7

54.4

59.9

5610

3×95

3.4

2.5

51.0

55.6

0.45

2.8

58.5

64.5

6820

3×120

3.4

2.7

55.0

59.8

0.45

3.0

62.9

69.1

8070

3×150

3.4

2.8

58.4

63.3

0.45

3.1

66.5

72.8

9260

3×185

3.4

3.0

62.7

68.1

0.45

3.3

71.2

78.1

10960

3×240

3.4

3.2

68.5

74.1

0.45

3.6

77.5

85.2

13390

8.7/15kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum  Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Maximum Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Nominal Armour Wire Diameter
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×25

4.5

1.5

20.9

23.4

0.3

1.6

25.4

28.5

1150

1×35

4.5

1.5

21.7

24.3

0.3

1.7

26.4

29.6

1260

1×50

4.5

1.5

22.9

25.5

0.3

1.7

27.6

30.8

1510

1×70

4.5

1.6

24.9

27.5

0.3

1.8

29.8

33.4

1770

1×95

4.5

1.7

26.7

29.5

0.45

1.9

32.6

36.3

2270

1×120

4.5

1.8

28.6

31.4

0.45

2.0

34.6

38.5

2730

1×150

4.5

1.8

30.1

33.3

0.45

2.1

36.3

40.2

3020

1×185

4.5

1.9

32.1

35.3

0.45

2.1

38.3

42.3

3490

1×240

4.5

2.0

34.8

38.2

0.45

2.2

41.2

45.7

4260

1×300

4.5

2.1

37.3

40.8

0.45

2.4

44.1

48.7

4810

1×400

4.5

2.2

40.7

44.6

0.45

2.5

47.6

52.4

6160

1×500

4.5

2.4

44.1

48.2

0.45

2.6

51.3

56.6

7330

1×630

4.5

2.5

47.8

52.0

0.45

2.8

55.3

60.8

8800

3×25

4.5

2.2

43.1

47.1

0.45

2.5

50.1

55.4

3610

3×35

4.5

2.3

45.2

49.2

0.45

2.6

52.3

57.7

4510

3×50

4.5

2.4

47.9

52.1

0.45

2.7

55.3

60.8

5210

3×70

4.5

2.6

52.1

56.7

0.45

2.9

59.8

65.9

6390

3×95

4.5

2.7

55.9

60.7

0.45

3.0

63.8

70.1

7660

3×120

4.5

2.9

59.9

64.9

0.45

3.2

68.2

75.1

8810

3×150

4.5

3.0

63.3

68.7

0.45

3.3

71.8

78.8

10070

3×185

4.5

3.2

67.6

73.2

0.45

3.5

76.5

83.7

11420