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ATLANTA, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. salvor-in-possession of the legendary Titanic announced today the acquisition of the wreck of the RMS Carpathia, ``the most famous rescue ship in the world''.
On April 14, 1912 Carpathia received a distress signal from the Titanic after hitting an iceberg. Captain Rostron immediately ordered the Carpathia to turn around and heroically maneuvered his ship though treacherous waters at full speed. The Carpathia rescued the 705 Titanic survivors from their lifeboats in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
In a letter by one of the survivors, Adolphe Saalfeld, a perfumiere, wrote: ``The Captain and Officers of the Carpathia did all that was possible to make us comfortable and to those that were sick or injured, they gave their tenderest care. The icebergs were huge and the weather extremely rough on the voyage to New York.''
Saalfeld survived the tragedy leaving in lifeboat number 3 at around 1 o'clock in the morning.
The extraordinary combination of these two most famous wrecks in the world provides a unique opportunity through exhibition, to tell the complete story of the Titanic and the Carpathia allowing for a graphic insight into the wrecks as they are today.
RMS Titanic, Inc. is developing plans to mount an expedition to the site of the Carpathia to recover artifacts, film, document and record her condition.
On July 17, 1918 the Carpathia was sailing in convoy from Boston, carrying troops when she was struck by three torpedoes on the aft port side. The RMS Carpathia sank at 12.40am July 18th.
She currently lies 120 miles off the southern coast of Ireland in 500' of water on her keel.
SOURCE: RMS Titanic, Inc.
I thought you would be interested in this article.
Best regards,
Jason
ATLANTA, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. salvor-in-possession of the legendary Titanic announced today the acquisition of the wreck of the RMS Carpathia, ``the most famous rescue ship in the world''.
On April 14, 1912 Carpathia received a distress signal from the Titanic after hitting an iceberg. Captain Rostron immediately ordered the Carpathia to turn around and heroically maneuvered his ship though treacherous waters at full speed. The Carpathia rescued the 705 Titanic survivors from their lifeboats in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
In a letter by one of the survivors, Adolphe Saalfeld, a perfumiere, wrote: ``The Captain and Officers of the Carpathia did all that was possible to make us comfortable and to those that were sick or injured, they gave their tenderest care. The icebergs were huge and the weather extremely rough on the voyage to New York.''
Saalfeld survived the tragedy leaving in lifeboat number 3 at around 1 o'clock in the morning.
The extraordinary combination of these two most famous wrecks in the world provides a unique opportunity through exhibition, to tell the complete story of the Titanic and the Carpathia allowing for a graphic insight into the wrecks as they are today.
RMS Titanic, Inc. is developing plans to mount an expedition to the site of the Carpathia to recover artifacts, film, document and record her condition.
On July 17, 1918 the Carpathia was sailing in convoy from Boston, carrying troops when she was struck by three torpedoes on the aft port side. The RMS Carpathia sank at 12.40am July 18th.
She currently lies 120 miles off the southern coast of Ireland in 500' of water on her keel.
SOURCE: RMS Titanic, Inc.
