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RMS Carpathia
RMS Carpathia
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History
United Kingdom
Name RMS Carpathia
Owner Cunard Line
Port of registry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool, U.K.
Route
  • Transatlantic: Liverpool–Queenstown–Boston
  • Transferred to Liverpool–Queenstown–New York summers
  • Trieste–Fiume–New York winters
Builder C.S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle upon Tyne
Yard number 274
Laid down 10 September 1901
Launched 6 August 1902
Completed February 1903
Maiden voyage 5 May 1903
In service 1903–1918
Identification
  • Official Number 118014
  • Radio call sign "MPA"
Fate Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Isles of Scilly by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-55, 17 July 1918
Status Wreck
General characteristics
Type Cunard Line transatlantic ocean liner
Tonnage 13,555 GRT
Length 558 ft (170 m)
Beam 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Draught 34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Decks 7
Propulsion
  • 2 × Wallsend Slipway Co. quadruple expansion steam engines
  • Twin propellers
Speed
  • 15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) (planned trial speed)
  • 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) (service)
Capacity
  • 1,704 passengers; after 1905, 2,550:
    • 1st-class: 100
    • 2nd-class: 200
    • 3rd-class: 2,250

RMS Carpathia was a passenger steamship of the Cunard Line.

Carpathia was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. The ship made her maiden voyage in 1903.

She was famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912.

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. The captian of the Carpathia was A.H.Rostron.

Images for kids

  • Carpathia-dry dock

    The Carpathia being drydocked in Red Hook, New York

  • Capt. Arthur H. Rostron, R.D., R.N.R

    Arthur Rostron RD, RNR, served as master of the RMS Carpathia. He is known for his crucial role in spearheading the ship's rescue of survivors from the RMS Titanic.

  • RMS Carpathia Medal cropped and retouched

    This medal was awarded to a Carpathia crew member for his part in the rescue of Titanic survivors.

  • R.m.s carpathia Sinking

    The Carpathia sank after being struck by three torpedoes fired by U-55 west of Land's End.

  • RMS Carpathia drawing

    A colour profile view of the Carpathia as she appeared from 1903 to 1905

  • RMS Carpathia Launch

    The painted hull of the Carpathia rests on the slipway, awaiting launch.

  • Carpathia-54

    The Carpathia, having docked in New York following the rescue of the Titanic's survivors

  • Carpathia Halifax

    The Carpathia at Halifax, Canada

  • Molly brown rescue award titanic

    Margaret Brown (right) giving Captain Arthur Henry Rostron a golden award for his service in the rescue of the Titanic's survivors

  • Rms carpathia passengers on deck 1914 blasius zeiser osa group of 1914

    Rare on-deck photo of the Carpathia passengers (circa 1914), unconnected with the Titanic disaster

  • EdnaMcLarenRMS.CarpathiaLifeBoatCard

    A lifeboat card from the Carpathia, used to identify a Titanic survivor's lifeboat

See also

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