The Carpathia Returns with Titanic Survivors - I
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so haunting ......
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@DanielHami23 uhhhhhh no......
several ships got the signal first. in fact the carpathia didn't get the signals until 30 minutes later. the olympic and several other ships were coming but the carpathia was the only one that responded close enough to make a difference. also people keep blaming the california's captain wrongfully. it wasn't the law to have wireless at all hours, in fact legally the titanic should have stopped. the titanic also gave the wrong flares and the captain was sleeping.
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ironically almost every ship somehow involved in the titanic went to their watery graves. the olympic, titanic's sister is one of few ships to get the distress signal to not sink. carpathia sank by a submarine in the mediterranean regions in 1918, even the california sank. the ships involved with the empress of ireland including its sinker sank. even the u-boat crew that sank the lusitania died a couple of years later on another submarine. if a ship is involved in a shipwreck, it's cursed.
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the hero carpithia never had a hero of its own. it sank alone. who knows if anyone survived or not. but all im saying is that carpithia is a true hero
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this gives me chills <333
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That's not from 18 April... it was about 22 o'clock when Carpathia reached NY with Titanics surviors
Captain Arthur Rostron died in 1940 at the age of 71. His grandson David is still alive and well and lives in Bolton, Lancashire, he's a nice chap and the spitting image of his famous grandad.
paphos71 4 years ago 10
What? I have never heard of this! "They wanted women and children first because women were the child bearers and children are the future." It goes back to the sinking of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. The men acted honourably and adopted this protocol. While not official, it was often followed. Women and children were considered weaker and less like to survive under and "every man for himself" regime.
swanningaround 3 years ago 9