The Carpathia was the ship that came to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic.
The SS Californian, however, was the closest ship to the Titanic at the time of its sinking. It did not respond to distress calls made from the Titanic.
The closest ship to the Titanic when it sank was the SS California but it did not respond to the Titanic's distress calls because their wireless operator was asleep and they thought that rockets were for a party. They tried to use a 4 mile Morse lamp to communicate with the Titanic but it was 10+ miles away and the Titanic could not see it.
the californian, but it never answered the rockets,nor the distress calls. the captain said he was asleep at that time. yet it was only ten miles away and could have easily saved just about everyone on the titanic.
-carlz
Many vessels were in the area at the time of Titanic's sinking, such as Californian, the Frankfort, the Amerika, the Birma, the Mount Temple, and several others.
The RMS Carpathia, which was the same ship that rescued the survivors and took them to New York City, where the Titanic was supposed to end her maiden voyage
Uss California was near enough to see her flares.
The ship that was the closest when the Titanic was sinking was the RMS Carpathia, which was also the ship that rescued the survivors
Titanic's only rescue vessel, Carpathia, Was 60 miles from Titanic on the night of her sinking.
The SS Californian.
The ship closest to the Titanic saw the fireworks, but it didn't know Titanic was sinking. Instead, it thought the ship was having a party due to the fireworks. So there.
The Carpathia came to titanics rescue
The ship that was closest to the Titanic was the S.S California. It did not respond to the Titanic distress signals because the wireless operator was asleep. The Capathia did respond but it was four hours away traveling at 17.5 knots.
Titanic, in her time, was the largest ship in the world.
The Unsinkable, the last word in luxury, the ship of dreams the millionaire's ship, and the wonder ship titanic
the californinan
The Carpathia. The SS Californian was the closest ship but they had their wireless communication off, so they didn't knew that the Titanic was sinking.
The ship closest to the Titanic saw the fireworks, but it didn't know Titanic was sinking. Instead, it thought the ship was having a party due to the fireworks. So there.
The Carpathia came to titanics rescue
The ship that was closest to the Titanic was the S.S California. It did not respond to the Titanic distress signals because the wireless operator was asleep. The Capathia did respond but it was four hours away traveling at 17.5 knots.
In the Titanic we see that the situational irony found in the text is that eventhough The Californian was the ship closest to The Titanic, it would've been crucial if The Californian would'nt have turned off their scanner.
Many ships were on the water that night. The Frankfort, the Virginian, the Mt. Temple, even the Olympic, but by far, the closest one was the Californian.
Titanic was the largest ship in 1912.
The ship closer to the titanic was the Californian
Titanic was the largest ship of its kind when it was built
Yes, the Titanic was a real ship, and yes it sank.
Titanic, in her time, was the largest ship in the world.