Dimensions
156 x 234 x 15mm
The Carpathia was on its regular voyage to New York City, when early on 15 April 1912 it received a distress signal from the White Star Line ocean liner Titanic, which had struck an iceberg and was sinking. Rostron was asleep when his wireless operator, Harold Cottam, by chance left his headset on while undressing for bed and so heard the signal. Cottam alerted him and Rostron immediately ordered the ship to race towards the Titanic's reported position, posting extra lookouts to help spot and manoeuvre around the ice he knew to be in the area. Even so, Carpathia took about 3? hours to reach the Titanic's position. During this time Rostron turned off heating to ensure the maximum amount of steam for the ship's engines and prepared to receive possibly injured survivors.Altogether, a list of 23 orders from Rostron to his crew was successfully implemented before Carpathia had even arrived at the scene of the disaster.
