Why didn't the californian respnd to the titanic's help?

Answer 1

It has never been fully explained, but at the enquiry it was established that the Californian's officers saw distress rockets but no-one on board treated them seriously. The Californian had a wireless telegraphy set and an operator, but a single operator could not keep watch 24 hours per day and the Californian's operator was in bed. The Captain was also in bed and it didn't occur to anyone to wake up the wireless operator, so they missed the whole thing.

Answer 2

The Californian was able to reach America without encountering any icebergs of the sort that sank Titanic. However, investigations were launched by the American and British governments to determine whether the Californian would have been able to save many of the casualties if it had not ignored the emergency rockets Titanic was firing (the Californianwas <20 miles away).

Answer 3

The Californian was very close to the Titanic when it was sinking, and the radio controllers had gone to sleep already so they didnt receive the mayday calls from the Titanic, but if the controllers had been awake and listening they would have heard the mayday calls and been close enough to get to the Titanic before it submerged, and would have saved hundreds more lives.

Answer 4

It has never been fully explained, but at the enquiry it was established that the Californian's officers saw distress rockets but no-one on board treated them seriously. The Californian had a wireless telegraphy set and an operator, but a single operator could not keep watch 24 hours per day and the Californian's operator was in bed. The Captain was also in bed and it didn't occur to anyone to wake up the wireless operator, so they missed the whole thing.

Answer 5

The officers on the deck of the Californian, while watching Titanic's rockets, made the catastrophic conclusion that the vessel was summoning back her boats that might have strayed too far in the dark while fishing.

Answer 6

No. The Californian has been blamed for not coming to the aid of Titanic. She was in pack ice and may-or-may-not have even made it in time but that's not the question.

The question is "did she try?" and the answer is "no".

Answer 7

The Californian didn't answer Titanic because the Californian's radio operator fell asleep.

Answer 8

The telegraphist on the Californian broke protocol by interrupting Titanic without the proper greeting, thus the iceberg warning went unheeded.