The S.S California sent an iceburg warning to Titanic at 11:39 2 minuets before she hit the iceburg.
Approximately at 1:20am, one of the ships that responded to the wireless distress calls was the RMS Carpathia.
Carpathia was about 58 miles from Titanic at the time of her sinking.
Carpathia arrived at about four in the morning.
Carpathia arrived at 4am to pick up survivors.
The RMS Carpathia did not arrive until after the Titanic completely disappeared under the water.
carpatia took 4 hours to arrive at titanic
Any ship in the area of its transmitting which the two closest ships were the California, two hours away which was enough time, and the Carpathia, four hours away which was too much time.
Carpathia was about 58 miles from Titanic at the time of her sinking.
The Titanic sent out a distress call at 12:15am. At about 12:25am, Carpathia contacted Titanic and advised her that she was only 58 miles (93 kilometres) away.The Carpathia turned around and sped towards Titanic's last known position. At full speed the Carpathia could just manage 20 mph (17 knots). This would have been around 01:00am.Steaming at 17 knots, Carpathia would have covered the distance in about 2 hours and 54 minutes. Assuming she also had to manoeuvre around ice flows, and get up to full speed, this would agree with the arrival time of about 4:00am at the scene of the sinking.Carpathia was 58 miles from the Titanic at the time of the message, not when the Titanic sank.The Titanic sank at 2:20am - just under two hours after Carpathia received the message. So Carpathia would have been steaming at full power for 1 hour and 20 minutes before the Titanic sankSo the Carpathia would have been about 30 -> 32 miles away when the Titanic sank.
Carpathia arrived at about four in the morning.
The crew of the Carpathia couldn't understand the Titanic's distress signals.
Carpathia arrived at 4am to pick up survivors.
The RMS Carpathia did not arrive until after the Titanic completely disappeared under the water.
carpatia took 4 hours to arrive at titanic
George Orwell's father, Richard Blair, was on the Titanic when it sank in 1912. He survived the disaster, being rescued by the Carpathia. Orwell himself was not aboard the Titanic at the time.
They were made by two competing cruise lines. The Carpathia came to Titanic's rescue 2 hours after it sank. Carpathia was a Cunard ship (there are still Cunard ships today). Titanic was a White Star Line ship.
Titanic sent out a general CQD/SOS call to any ship within the range of their transmission. The call was heeded by the Carpathia which was ~60 miles away. It would have been received by the Californian (~20 miles away) if their radio station had been manned at the time, but they did not receive the message until the next morning.
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.