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The Carpathia navigated the ice fields to arrive two hours after the Titanic had sunk, and the crew rescued 705 survivors from the ship's lifeboats. The Carpathia was sunk during World War I on 17 July 1918 after being torpedoed three times by the German submarine U-55 off the southern Irish coast, with a loss of five crew members.
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD (14 May 1869 – 4 November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. [1] He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Instead of docking, however, Carpathia passed it by and headed towards the White Star Line pier, Pier 59. Carpathia lowered the 13 of Titanic's lifeboats it had picked up. [224] [225] It was only after Carpathia docked at Pier 54 – three days after Titanic ' s sinking – that the full scope of the disaster became public knowledge. [223]
At 0.25 a.m., however, Carpathia radio operator Harold Cottam picked up a distress call from the RMS Titanic, which had struck an iceberg and was then 58 nautical miles (93;km) from Carpathia. Captain Arthur Rostron immediately gave the order for the ship to change course and set sail to rescue the Titanic's passengers. Captain Rostron decided ...
About 02:35 the look-out reported a light ahead, which the second officer erroneously interpreted as another ship closing in. He ported the ship, and at 02:44 Mount Temple struck on the rocks of the West Ironbound Island. As the ship struck, the rocks pierced the steamer's hull right around the engine room flooding it and extinguishing the fires.
Harold Thomas Cottam (27 January 1891 – 30 May 1984) was a British wireless operator on the RMS Carpathia who fortuitously happened to receive the distress call from the sinking RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912.
Most notably, Lord said he was not told that the nearby ship had disappeared, contradicting James Gibson, who testified he had reported it to Lord, who had acknowledged him. [37] By contrast, Captain Arthur Rostron of Carpathia, at each inquiry, gave consistent and forthright testimony. During the British Inquiry, Rostron was asked to confirm ...
Around 4 am, RMS Carpathia arrived on the scene in response to Titanic ' s earlier distress calls. [175] When the ship sank, the lifeboats that had been lowered were only filled up to an average of 60%. [176] 706 people survived the disaster and were conveyed by Carpathia to New York, Titanic 's original destination, while 1,517 people died. [109]