Abstract: Subsea cable apparatus adapted to extend from a floating structure to a subsea wellhead apparatus or stack with a marine riser pipe extending from the floating structure to the subsea wellhead, such apparatus including a cable supported on the floating structure, by a multiple roller sheave with an integral load cell for measuring tension in the cable, a clamp on the riser pipe adapted to engage the cable to support it, the cable between the clamp and the floating structure forming a free catenary loop, means for engaging and disengaging said clamp on said cable, remote, diverless means for disconnecting said clamp from said riser pipe, a telescoping connection in the lower end of said cable to absorb the shock of landing control pod attached to the lower end of the cable on the pod receptacle on the subsea wellhead apparatus and to compensate for relative movement between the cable and the subsea wellhead stack, a pod connector on the lower end of the cable, a mating pod receptacle connector on the subsea we