RMS Carpathia

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RMS Carpathia was a British Cunard Line passenger steamship best known for rescuing survivors from the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner
passenger steamship
rescue ship
arrivedAtTitanicSite about 4 am, 1912-04-15
arrivedInNewYorkWithSurvivors 1912-04-18
awardsReceived honors and medals for Titanic rescue
beam about 19 meters
builder Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
builtAt Wallsend, England
linked to: Wallsend
captainDuringTitanicRescue Arthur Henry Rostron
linked to: Sir Arthur Rostron
causeOfSinking torpedo attack
changedCourseFor Titanic distress call
completionDate 1903-04-05
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
crewHonored Captain Arthur Rostron
linked to: Sir Arthur Rostron
dateOfEvent 1912-04-15
dateOfSinking 1918-07-17
departedTitanicSite 1912-04-15 morning
event responded to Titanic distress call
flag British flag
funnelCount 1
landedSurvivorsAt New York City
laterUse World War I troopship
launchDate 1902-08-06
length about 170 meters
lifeboatsLaunched yes
maidenVoyage 1903-05-05
namedAfter Carpathian Mountains
notableFor rescuing survivors of the RMS Titanic
operator Cunard Line
ownedBy Cunard Line
passengersDuringSinking mostly crew and a small number of passengers
placeOfSinking Atlantic Ocean, off Ireland
propellerCount 1
propulsion steam
radioOperatorDuringTitanicRescue Harold Cottam
rescuedFrom RMS Titanic
rescuedPeopleCount about 705
serviceRoute Transatlantic service between Europe and North America
shipType passenger ship
transatlantic liner
sunkBy German submarine U-55
survivorsRescuedBy HMS Snowdrop
tonnage 13000 gross register tons (approximate)
voyageDuringSinking Liverpool to Boston
wreckDepth about 500 meters
wreckDiscovered 1999
wreckLocation North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic

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MGY communicatedWithShip RMS Carpathia
Harold Bride rescuedBy RMS Carpathia
Lifeboat Carpathia (as depicted in film) associatedShip RMS Carpathia (as depicted in film)
linked to: RMS Carpathia
Rose Dawson Calvert rescuedBy RMS Carpathia (as a Titanic survivor)
linked to: RMS Carpathia
Sir Arthur Rostron commanded RMS Carpathia
Swan Hunter notableWork RMS Carpathia