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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.
The Carpathia Loving Cup was presented Sir Arthur Rostron, of the RMS Carpathia, and his crew, who rescued 713 passengers from the stricken Titanic.
A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million ($1.97 million).
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Distress signals are sent out, but the Californian ' s wireless operator is off duty. 58 miles away, the RMS Carpathia's wireless operator receives the distress call and alerts Captain Arthur Rostron, who orders his ship to turn around. Unfortunately, it will take about four hours to reach the Titanic.
Arthur Rostron RD, RNR. Under his command, Carpathia responded to Titanic 's distress call and rescued survivors. The Carpathia departed from New York City on 11 April 1912 bound for Fiume, Austria-Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia). At that moment on the ship were about 240 crew members, of which a quarter were Croatian sailors.
The 18-carat gold Tiffany & Co. timepiece is the highest-valued piece of 'Titanic' memorabilia
Smith proposed three pieces of legislation: a joint resolution with the House of Representatives to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Captain Rostron of the Carpathia; a bill to re-evaluate existing maritime legislation; and another joint resolution to establish a commission to enquire into the laws and regulations on the construction and ...