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Message: [QUOTE="Tim Brandsoy, post: 27491, member: 145544"] I've tried to search for any Board of Trade standards regarding rockets or socket signals. I found out from here and elsewhere they were made by the Cotton Powder Co. [URL unfurl="true"]http://web.archive.org/web/20041011183747/http://users.senet.com.au/~gittins/lights.html[/URL] - Lights! Inaction! "Her rockets, made by The Cotton Powder Co. Ltd, reached a height of 600 to 800 feet, according to Lloyd's Calendar." More information on any of that would be instructive. RE Lightoller, the difference between 50' and 800' would a HUGE mistake, especially for an experienced seaman. The lower lying rockets/socket signals would coincide with what the California saw. That the Carpathia didn't mention seeing the rockets tells me that....well...she didn't see them. [/QUOTE]