Brings Carpathia to the disaster area and begins recovering people from Titanic's lifeboats.
RMS Titanic question
How did Carpathia rescue Titanic survivors?
Carpathia altered course after receiving Titanic’s distress traffic and reached the lifeboats in the early morning of 15 April 1912.
Answer in context
Arthur Rostron, wireless traffic and the rescue of survivors. The supporting archive records below are drawn from the World History Database Titanic collection. External references are listed separately so the summary can be checked against established museum and official documentary sources.
Related Titanic archive records
Responds after Carpathia receives Titanic's wireless distress message.
Completes recovery of Titanic survivors before Carpathia turns toward New York.
Escapes the sinking aboard lifeboat number 4 while her husband remains aboard Titanic.
Helps organise assistance for fellow survivors after being rescued by Carpathia.
Receives Titanic's distress traffic and alerts Carpathia's bridge so the ship can turn toward the reported position.
Orders Carpathia prepared to receive large numbers of survivors while the ship races toward Titanic's reported position.
Brings Titanic survivors to New York aboard Carpathia.