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Name: RMS Carpathia
Owner: Cunard line
Route:
Transatlantic: Liverpool–Queenstown–Boston
Transferred to Liverpool–Queenstown–New York summers
Trieste–Fiume–New York winters
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Laid down: 10 September 1901
Launched: 6 August 1902
Maiden voyage: 5 May 1903
In service: 1903–1918
Fate: Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Isles of Scilly by German subma

rine U-55, 17 July 1918
General characteristics
Class and type: Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship
Type: Ocean liner
Tonnage: 13,555 gt
Displacement: 8,600 long tons (8,700 t)
Length: 558 ft (170 m)
Beam: 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Propulsion:
2 × Wallsend Slipway Co. 8-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines
Twin propellers
Speed:
17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) (maximum at full steam)
14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) (service)
Capacity:
1,704 passengers; after 1905, 2,550:
1st-class: 100
2nd-class: 200
3rd-class: 2,250

16/04/2023

On this day 111 years ago, at 8:50 am the RMS Carpathia leaves area bound for New York. Last boat, No. 12. was picked up some twenty minutes ago. Lightoller is the last survivor to come on board.
Carpathia carries 712 survivors. An estimated 1,496 souls have been lost.

Ismay wires White Star New York offices from RMS Carpathia, sending this message: “Deeply regret advise you Titanic sank this morning after collision with iceberg, resulting in serious loss of life. Full particulars later."

This photo of the RMS Titanic lifeboat raised on the deck of the Carpathia was taken on the morning of the disaster.

16/04/2023

On this day 111 years ago, at 4:10 am, the RMS Carpathia began to pick up the survivors. First lifeboat picked up by the Carpathia was No. 2, while first person to board the ship was first class passenger Elizabeth Allen. The passengers and crew aboard the Carpathia help by giving the survivors hot food and blankets. Thirteen of Titanic's lifeboats are brought onboard and the rest are set adrift. Ice float all about the disaster area amid debris from the RMS Titanic.

"Except for the [life] boats beside the ship and the icebergs, the sea was strangely empty. Hardly a bit of wreckage floated - just a deck chair or two, a few life belts, a good deal of cork."
Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia

16/04/2023

On this day 111 years ago, around 4:00 AM, RMS Carpathia arrives. A rocket is fired from Carpathia to let everyone in the RMS Titanic lifeboats know help arrived. Fifth officer Harold Lowe waves a flair to show them where they are.

🎨 by Ken Marschall

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14/04/2023

On this day 111 years ago, at 12:25, the RMS Titanic lifeboats began being loaded with women and children first. The RMS Carpathia southeast of the Titanic by about 58 nautical miles (4 hours away), picked up the distress call and began sailing to rescue passengers.

📸 Roy Ward Baker 1958's movie "A Night to Remember".

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On this day 118 years ago, on 5 may 1903, Rms Carpathia made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Boston across the Atlan...
05/05/2021

On this day 118 years ago, on 5 may 1903, Rms Carpathia made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Boston across the Atlantic sea.

15/04/2021

On this day 109 years ago, at 8:50 am the RMS Carpathia leaves area bound for New York. Last boat, No. 12. was picked up some twenty minutes ago. Lightoller is the last survivor to come on board.
Carpathia carries 712 survivors. An estimated 1,496 souls have been lost.

Ismay wires White Star New York offices from Carpathia, sending this message: “Deeply regret advise you Titanic sank this morning after collision with iceberg, resulting in serious loss of life. Full particulars later."

This photo of the RMS Titanic lifeboats strewn on the deck of the Carpathia was taken on the morning of the disaster.

15/04/2021

On this day 109 years ago, at 4:10 am, the RMS Carpathia began to pick up the survivors. First lifeboat picked up by the Carpathia was No. 2, while first person to board the ship was first class passenger Elizabeth Allen. The passengers and crew aboard the Carpathia help by giving the survivors hot food and blankets. Thirteen of Titanic's lifeboats are brought onboard and the rest are set adrift. Ice float all about the disaster area amid debris from the RMS Titanic.

"Except for the [life] boats beside the ship and the icebergs, the sea was strangely empty. Hardly a bit of wreckage floated - just a deck chair or two, a few life belts, a good deal of cork."
Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia

15/04/2021

On this day 109 years ago, at at 3:35, RMS Carpathia arrives. A rocket is fired from Carpathia to let everyone in the RMS Titanic lifeboats know help arrived. Fifth officer Harold Lowe waves a flair to show them where they are.

📸 James Cameron's 1997 movie "Titanic"

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