If you go to the following site, it has all of the "official" wireless traffic relating to the Titanic disaster:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Cauldron/5807/Titanic/message.html
In one message, Captain Lord wires to the Carpathia, as follows: "Searched vicinity of disaster untill (sic) noon yesterday Saw very little wreckage no bodies no sign of missing boat, regards, Lord"
The question is: what "missing" boat was Lord looking for?
I think it must have been Collapsible A. At the British inquiry, Captain Rostron stated the following:
25477. My is impression is that there is one collapsible still unaccounted for in that? - - Oh yes, I beg your pardon, one bottom up; one that capsized. That was in the wreckage. That was twenty.
25483. The two collapsibles? Yes; and there is one Berthon boat which we saw amongst the wreckage bottom up. It was reported to me that there was still another Berthon boat still aboard the ship.
With regard to the "still aboard" boat, it appears that Rostron had been talking to Titanic's officers, such as Lightoller, who didn't know that Collapsible A had floated off, on the other side. Thus, at least initially, it was thought that this lifeboat was missing. Perhaps this is the boat that Lord was looking for.
CARPATHIA SAW THE BODIES?
But more importantly, however, is the question we've addressed in several conversations on this site, i.e., did Carpathia or Californian see the bodies? The fact that Rostron admits, rather hesitatingly, that he saw the overturned Collapsible B amongst the wreckage of the Titanic, suggests that Carpathia did see the bodies, after all.
We know that Collapsible B was near the bodies, and wreckage, it seems. It was seen there by Bremen and McKay-Bennett.
Is is reasonable to suggest that Collapisble B was among the wreckage later, on April 20, 1912 (when Bremen went by), or April 21, 1912 (when McKay-Bennett arrived) but not on the morning of April 15, 1912 - - five days earlier, before the wreckage really had an opportunity to disperse?
As such, it seems reasonable to deduce that the Carpathia saw the bodies, if it saw Collapsible B, as Captain Rostron says, "amongst the wreckage."
So, at long last, perhaps we finally have the answer to our dilemma. Collapsible B is the key to unlocking it. The bodies were there all along - - alongside Collapsible B.
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Cauldron/5807/Titanic/message.html
In one message, Captain Lord wires to the Carpathia, as follows: "Searched vicinity of disaster untill (sic) noon yesterday Saw very little wreckage no bodies no sign of missing boat, regards, Lord"
The question is: what "missing" boat was Lord looking for?
I think it must have been Collapsible A. At the British inquiry, Captain Rostron stated the following:
25477. My is impression is that there is one collapsible still unaccounted for in that? - - Oh yes, I beg your pardon, one bottom up; one that capsized. That was in the wreckage. That was twenty.
25483. The two collapsibles? Yes; and there is one Berthon boat which we saw amongst the wreckage bottom up. It was reported to me that there was still another Berthon boat still aboard the ship.
With regard to the "still aboard" boat, it appears that Rostron had been talking to Titanic's officers, such as Lightoller, who didn't know that Collapsible A had floated off, on the other side. Thus, at least initially, it was thought that this lifeboat was missing. Perhaps this is the boat that Lord was looking for.
CARPATHIA SAW THE BODIES?
But more importantly, however, is the question we've addressed in several conversations on this site, i.e., did Carpathia or Californian see the bodies? The fact that Rostron admits, rather hesitatingly, that he saw the overturned Collapsible B amongst the wreckage of the Titanic, suggests that Carpathia did see the bodies, after all.
We know that Collapsible B was near the bodies, and wreckage, it seems. It was seen there by Bremen and McKay-Bennett.
Is is reasonable to suggest that Collapisble B was among the wreckage later, on April 20, 1912 (when Bremen went by), or April 21, 1912 (when McKay-Bennett arrived) but not on the morning of April 15, 1912 - - five days earlier, before the wreckage really had an opportunity to disperse?
As such, it seems reasonable to deduce that the Carpathia saw the bodies, if it saw Collapsible B, as Captain Rostron says, "amongst the wreckage."
So, at long last, perhaps we finally have the answer to our dilemma. Collapsible B is the key to unlocking it. The bodies were there all along - - alongside Collapsible B.