Carpathia: In Titanic's Shadow (greatest, German, years, American)
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I thought the Titanic history buffs might like this but i was watching on the National Geographic channel just now about the sinking of the Carpathia which is the ship that rescued the Titanic survivors at 4.10 A.M. april 15, 1912 as i never knew until now that the Carpathia had itself sunk afterwards on july 17, 1918 as it was hit by a torpedo from a German U Boat (U-55) about 180 miles off the southwest english coast.
They found it in remarkable great condition and still intact as the underwater camera had many great photo's.
The Carpathia officers and crew deserve a great deal of credit. All accounts I've read (I'm not a Titanic buff; just had to research it for a book) indicated that they really had their act together in a team effort. They had limited time to prepare for something that wasn't part of their normal function, and they upheld the highest traditions of the sea.
The Californian didn't come off quite so well, unfortunately.
Yeap they mentioned how carpathia's captain Arthur Rostron ordered his ship at ''Full Speed'' to reach the titanic even though he knew they would go thru the same ice field that doomed the titanic. The carpathia's chief engineer George Roderick covered the main steam gage with his hat so the boilermen wouldn't notice the gage showing dangerous PSI which could have exploded the boilers so they could reach titanic faster.
I often wonder about people in pictures I wonder if that boy in that one picture in Naples is still alive ? and if he is , he is probably very old . wow did not know that much about the carpathia except for the fact that it did rescue some of the titanic survivors and yes did know that it got torpedoed but did not know it actually sunk . wow interesting and thank you for the history lesson .
I often wonder about people in pictures I wonder if that boy in that one picture in Naples is still alive ? and if he is , he is probably very old . wow did not know that much about the carpathia except for the fact that it did rescue some of the titanic survivors and yes did know that it got torpedoed but did not know it actually sunk . wow interesting and thank you for the history lesson .
Same here phonelady....as i always wonder about those people in the old photo's when i look at them. That little boy on the pier in 1907 could've been my great great grandfather .
Definately, the Carpathia is one of history's greatest heroic rescues. It was too bad that the Titanic was so vocal about being unsinkable, as other ships that heard the distress call didn't believe it and ignored it. Captain Lord and his ship, the Californian, probably weren't the one's accused of being seen sneaking away from the sinking Titanic. In fact, it's highly unlikely.
Definately, the Carpathia is one of history's greatest heroic rescues. It was too bad that the Titanic was so vocal about being unsinkable, as other ships that heard the distress call didn't believe it and ignored it. Captain Lord and his ship, the Californian, probably weren't the one's accused of being seen sneaking away from the sinking Titanic. In fact, it's highly unlikely.
Well, the people aboard Titanic bought the unsinkability hype as well, which is one reason some people didn't want to get in the boats. They figured, why get all cold and probably wet when surely this thing will stay afloat until help comes?
Yeap they mentioned how carpathia's captain Arthur Rostron ordered his ship at ''Full Speed'' to reach the titanic even though he knew they would go thru the same ice field that doomed the titanic. The carpathia's chief engineer George Roderick covered the main steam gage with his hat so the boilermen wouldn't notice the gage showing dangerous PSI which could have exploded the boilers so they could reach titanic faster.
Makes you wonder if he was heroic or idiotic. Had he struck a berg himself or blown a boiler and scalded a score of crewmen to death what would people think of him? Maybe heroism and idiocy go together sometimes.
He did rise to very high rank with Cunard though, I reckon his bosses thought well of him.
Makes you wonder if he was heroic or idiotic. Had he struck a berg himself or blown a boiler and scalded a score of crewmen to death what would people think of him? Maybe heroism and idiocy go together sometimes.
He did rise to very high rank with Cunard though, I reckon his bosses thought well of him.
I think it was more of a case of ''adrenaline overflow'' for his reaction to get there as fast as he could although he did post extra lookouts on the bow to spot for icebergs.
Here's a photo of Titanic's most famous survivor american millionaire and philanthropist Molly brown awarding Carpathia's captain Rostron an award for his heroic actions to rescue the Titanic survivors.
This was really an interesting thread. Thanks for posting it.
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