Carpathia wreck found

[Pat Cook]

Hey, folks,

I just for a note from a good friend, which included the following:

"Wreck of the Carpathia, Titanic's rescuer, found

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - A U.S. expedition confirmed Friday it had located the wreck of RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued 705 survivors from the Titanic and that was later torpedoed by a German U boat.

American author Clive Cussler and founder of the National Underwater & Marine Agency said the wreck that was found last spring was confirmed as
the Carpathia last week.

The ship, sunk near the end of World War One in 1918, was found in 171 meters (514 feet) of water off the east coast of Ireland."

Thought I'd pass that along.

Best regards,
Cook

 

[Pat Cook]

Curiouser and curiouser.

I just got a note from Mark Baber who reminded me that the Carpathia wreck had been discovered last year. This from the February, 1999, home page of the BBC:

"Treasure hunters say they have found the wreck
of the Carpathia, which rescued 705 survivors
from the doomed liner Titanic, off the Cornish
coast.

Carpathia sank in 1918, six years after going to
the aid of the Titanic. Graham Jessop, from the
company Argosy International, said the ship
was found three days ago in 600ft of water, 185
miles west of Land's End, using a sonar probe."

So what's with this new announcement, then?

Curious Cook

 

[Jan C. Nielsen]

Pat,
Apparently, Clive Cussler (author renown for raising the C.S.S. Hunley) at the National Underwater and Marine Agency ("NUMA"), and Graham Jessop (who recently participated in the Titanic salvage fiasco) submerged to a depth of 517 ft. off the Irish coast, and photographed Carpathia's wreck. The pictures were released on Friday at a news conference in Halifax. See the following web address: http://www.numa.net, for more information. There was additionally a letter released at the press conference which had been written by Carpathia passenger, Luke Hoyt. It describes the scene when Carpathia picked up Titanic's passengers, at length.

 

[Pat Cook]

Thanks, Joe. I will check out that web site. The note I initially received included an entire article which went into the Hoyt letter with some detail.

Just starting to wonder how many times they're going to 'discover' the Carpathia wreck??

Best regards,
Cook

 

[Michael H. Standart]

What I'm wondering is whether or not any photographs of the ship's remains have been publised anywhere. She was torpedoed several times so she can't be in tip top shap, but it would be nice to see for myself.

Cordially,
Michael H. Standart

 

[Dave Shuttle]

Hi all,
I spoke with Clive Cussler last year following his organization's discovery of Carpathia. Cussler was not on the expedition last year as Graham Jessop was the leader, acting on behalf of NUMA. The weather at the site last year precluded more than a few minute inspection via ROV once Carpathia was found utilizing sonar. Another ship, the Isis, was also found while searching for Carpathia. There were initial plans to return to Carpathia in April of this year. A German documentary company was to accompany Cussler and NUMA, complete with Jessop, to film the wreckage. The announcements made yesterday are merely a restatement of the initial discovery with the updated film footage, which I have not yet seen. I don't know why the expedition was moved from April until now. I will be contacting Cussler again when he is available to follow up on information from the expedition. My use for this information is to present an expanded coverage article for an upcoming issue of Voyage (Titanic International Society's quarterly publication.)
Regards,
Dave Shuttle

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Hi Dave, now you really have me drooling. ;-) I just got my membership material yesterday and I'm looking forward to the issues of Voyager to come.

Cordially,
Michael H. Standart

 

[Gary Watson]

Hello,

So, the Carpathia was found off the Irish coast. The Cornish coast? Can anyone be a little more specific? Mark, are you there?

Regards,
Gary

 

[Senan Molony]

100 miles southwest of Baltimore on the Irish south east coast; on the edge of the Continental shelf in Irish claimed waters. Look out for the Fastnet Rock (Not Fastnet "Head," George Behe!) - that's the direction you're going.

Hope this helps.