This paper is an attempt to formulate a comprehensive theory with which the forces and motions of a submarine cable can be determined in typical laying and recovery situations. In addition to the fundamental case of a cable being laid or recovered with a ship sailing on a perfectly calm sea over a horizontal bottom, the effects of ship motion, varying bottom depth, ocean cross currents, and the problem of cable laying control are considered. Most of the results reduce to simple formulas and graphs. Their application is illustrated by examples.
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