Dining rooms were transformed into makeshift hospitals and additional lookouts were posted to look for survivors and other icebergs.ĥ. Extra rooms, officers’ quarters and common rooms were prepared to receive survivors while blankets, soups and drinks were readied. As the ship made its way to the Titanic, Captain Rostron issued a series of orders to prepare the Carpathia for rescue operations. They set off at full stream through an ice field to reach the Titanic, which was 60 miles away.Ĥ. He immediately ordered the ship to assist the sinking liner. Captain Roston was summoned from his cabin in the middle of the night. Just a few days into their voyage, the Carpathia’s wireless operator heard the Titanic’s S.O.S and C.Q.D. It had embarked on one such cruise on April 11th, 1912 with some 700 people on board.ģ. By January 1912, Carpathia was operating under the command of Captain Rostron, making made transatlantic crossings that brought immigrants to America and the wealthy to the Mediterranean for pleasure cruises.
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