The RMS Carpathia under way
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RMS Carpathia |
Namesake | Carpathian Mountain Range |
Owner | Cunard Line |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
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Builder | C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England [1] |
Yard number | 274 |
Laid down | 10 September 1901 |
Launched | 6 August 1902 |
Completed | February 1903 |
Maiden voyage | 5 May 1903 |
In service | 1903–1918 |
Out of service | 17 July 1918 |
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Fate | Sunk by three torpedoes from SM U-55 on 17 July 1918 |
Notes | Famous for rescuing more than 700 passengers from the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912 |
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Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 13,603 GRT, 8,660 NRT |
Length | 558 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 64 ft 6 in (19.66 m) |
Draught | 34 ft 7 in (10.54 m) |
Decks | 7 |
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RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England.
The Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston, and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904. In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line's RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Carpathia navigated the ice fields to arrive two hours after the Titanic had sunk, and the crew rescued 705 survivors from the ship's lifeboats.
The Carpathia was sunk during World War I on 17 July 1918 after being torpedoed three times by the German submarine U-55 off the southern Irish coast, with a loss of five crew members.
The name of the ship comes from the mountain range of the Carpathians in Central Europe.[2]