This ship SAVED Titanic’s survivors… What happened next is a tragedy: Cunard’s Carpathia.
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the cunard liner carpathia was originally designed to operate on the transatlantic immigration service sailing between europe and the united states
carpathia was outbound from new york on a journey that should have taken her to the mediterranean when titanic's master captain e.j smith realized that his ship was doomed
captain roster and his crew were heralded as heroes for their actions that night the world's press complimented the ship and her captain and crew
it's not always the record breakers or the largest and fastest liners that made the most difference
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The Cunard ocean liner Carpathia saved the survivors of the sunken Titanic. And while the story of Titanic is well known, Carpathia’s story is less known. The Cunard Liner Carpathia was originally designed to operate on the transatlantic immigration service, sailing between Europe and the US. Following a major overhaul the Carpathia was reconfigured to accommodate 100 first class, 200 second class and an enormous 2,250 third class passengers, giving the 13,500 ton ship more capacity than the 70,000 ton QE2! In 1912, the ship became well known across the globe when she made a rescue dash to pick up the survivors of the ill-fated Titanic. Captain Rostron, master of Carpathia, immediately set a course to Titanic, over 60 miles away. Carpathia travelled throughout the night, towards Titanic’s last known position, travelling at high speed and dodging icebergs to arrive at around 4am. Carpathia took all the Titanic survivors aboard and - before stormy conditions set in - set a course to return to New York, where Titanic’s passengers were disembarked. Captain Rostron and his crew were heralded as heroes for their actions that night. On 17 July, 1918 the Carpathia was traveling in convoy near Fastnet,when she was hit by two torpedoes fired from the German U-Boat U-55. A third torpedo hit the ship as the lifeboats were being manned, killing several crew members and causing the famous Cunarder to sink. Looking back at the Carpathia’s legacy it’s interesting to remember that it’s not always the record breakers - largest and fastest liners - that made the most difference. If Carpathia had not been there to rescue the survivors of the titanic, the stories of the titanic disaster - and lessons learnt from it - may have never been shared. For more Carpathia and Cunard history see: http://www.chriscunard.com/ Music: YouTube Audio Library Image References with links to licenses where applicable: RMS Carpathia: C1: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (USA): https://bit.ly/3a8TAGM C2: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (USA): https://bit.ly/2Vkd9qc C3: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (EU): https://bit.ly/2RAdtA5 C4: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (USA): https://bit.ly/3f66HvG C5: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (EU): https://bit.ly/3e0bzBq C6: Wikimedia Commons / United States Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3a5Zaty C7: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/34xCcdC C8: Creative Commons / Share Alike / Aalborg Maritime Museum 2 Feb 1910 / Recoloured and removal of text (edits)/ https://bit.ly/2VvMOWi C9: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3chlUZ0 C10: Wikimedia Commons / United States Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3b7BxlP C11 (@: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain & Author Unknown Tags: https://bit.ly/34yj67i C12: George Frame Collection C13: George Frame Collection RMS Lusitania: L1: Lusitania / Henderson & Cremer Collection used with permission RMS Titanic: T1: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Author Unknown Tag): https://bit.ly/2V5G2aK T2: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Author Unknown Tag): https://bit.ly/3ejvexw 3: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Engraving by Willy Stöwer: The sinking of the Titanic): https://bit.ly/3b6MeoN T4: Creative Commons / Cliff1066 / 2.0 Generic: https://bit.ly/3b7Ratf T5: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2K1NoWB T6: Wikimedia Commons / National Archives / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3abdNM5 T7: Wikimedia Commons / National Archives / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2RAqgCM T8: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2VvOT4y Video Thumbnail (2021): Carpathia (USA) / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3tetWeb Video Thumbnail (2022): Carpathia Public Domain (USA): https://tinyurl.com/CarpathiaWiki Video Thumbnail (2023); Carpathia Missouri History Museum / Public Domain (USA) / Open Access: https://tinyurl.com/Carpathia-Missouri Arrow: Jesse Pinkman CC. By Attribution via Adobe / Noun Project #titanic #cunard #carpathia #titanicdisaster #shipwreck #rmstitanic #history #rmstitanic