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RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England. The Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston , and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904.
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]
Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field to look for survivors.
At around 08:30 Californian came along Carpathia as she was finishing picking up the last survivors. [40] At 08:31 Carpathia reported picking up 20 boats, and sent another message at 09:26 telling everyone there was no more need to stand by, following which, Moore gave the order to reverse course and continue the voyage to New Brunswick. [39]
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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]
Californian actually passed the Carpathia to the west, then turned, and headed northeast back towards the rescue ship, arriving at 08:30. [47] Carpathia was just finishing picking up the last of Titanic 's survivors. After communicating with Californian, Carpathia left the area, leaving Californian to search for any other