RMS Carpathia
RMS Carpathia[1] was a passenger steamship of the Cunard Line.[2]
Carpathia was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. The ship made her maiden voyage in 1903.[2]
She was famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912.[2]
Carpathia was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during the First World War. She sank after being torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat.[2] The captain of the Carpathia was A.H. Rostron.
RMS Carpathia Media
- RMS Carpathia Launch.jpg
Carpathia before her launch.
- Carpathia-dry dock.jpg
Carpathia being drydocked in Red Hook, New York
- Capt. Arthur H. Rostron, R.D., R.N.R.jpg
Arthur Rostron RD, RNR. Under his command, Carpathia responded to Titanic's distress call and rescued survivors.
- Groups of TITANIC survivors aboard rescue ship CARPATHIA- unidentified group on deck LCCN2002721379.tif
Survivors of Titanic gathered on Carpathia's forward well deck.
- RMS Carpathia Medal cropped and retouched.jpg
A medal awarded to a Carpathia crew member for the rescue of Titanic survivors.
- R.m.s carpathia Sinking.jpg
Carpathia sinking after being struck by three torpedoes fired by U-55 west of Land's End.
- RMS Carpathia drawing.png
A colour profile view of Carpathia
- RMS Carpathia Launch.jpg
The painted hull of Carpathia rests on the slipway, awaiting launch.
- Carpathia-54.jpg
Carpathia, having docked in New York following the rescue of Titanic's survivors
- Carpathia Halifax.jpg
The RMS Carpathia at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1912.
References
- ↑ RMS is an acronym. RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship or Steamer. RMS is a ship prefix for vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GreatOceanLiners.com, "Carpathia, 1903-1918" Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-21.
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Carpathia (ship, 1903) at Wikimedia Commons
- Carpathia (1903–1918 ; 13,555 tons) Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Maritimequest RMS Carpathia Photo Gallery Archived 2012-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Carpathia 1907 photos by Marjorie Champlin Bowen Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
