Why did it? Well, it didn't. Otherwise, things may have played out a bit differently. It didn't receive Titanic's calls for help because its marconi operator had retired for the night. Additionally, it had stopped for the night because it was surrounded by ice. The Titanic attempted to signal it by Morse lamp, but the officer on watch did not get the message, for whatever reason.
It was later revealed that the Californian's officer was aware of the Titanic's position; that he had seen her look kind of funny in the water for a while, and then notice that she had disappeared. He made the assumption that she had steamed away. Next morning, he found out otherwise.
The Carpathia came to titanics rescue
Well the ss californian was quite near but they didnt help the titanic, there was also another ship, Sampson which was two to five miles away. It ignored the titanic because it had a lot of seals on board that they had illegally been hunting.
The Titanic weighed 52,310 tons
Titanic's sisters are called Olympic and gigantic but then gigantic was called Britannic after her sister ship titanic they named it Britannic because titanic sank.
The Titanic has 2 sisters: The RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic
The Carpathia came to titanics rescue
because the raido man on the Californian was asleep when they got the telegram
They had turned off their radio for the night.
Yes.
RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic
Well the ss californian was quite near but they didnt help the titanic, there was also another ship, Sampson which was two to five miles away. It ignored the titanic because it had a lot of seals on board that they had illegally been hunting.
The Titanic weighed 52,310 tons
Titanic's iceberg was about 400 miles south of Newfoundland,
The ship closer to the titanic was the Californian
The Titanic's destination on her maiden voyage was the port of New York.
The Californian, and the the Samson
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.