THE HISTORY / RMS CARPATHIA
An extraordinary ship.
An enduring legacy.
A working passenger ship. A night of extraordinary courage. A story that reaches from the Atlantic crossing to the ocean floor.
FOUR CHAPTERS / ONE REMARKABLE JOURNEY
1912
An answer in the darkness.
Harold Cottam receives Titanic’s distress call. Captain Arthur Rostron turns Carpathia towards the ice, and the crew prepares to welcome survivors.
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15 APRIL 1912
A call that
changed everything.
Wireless operator Harold Cottam heard Titanic’s distress signals. Captain Arthur Rostron ordered Carpathia towards the stricken liner, navigating hazardous ice as the crew prepared accommodation and medical care.
By morning, lifeboats came into view. Survivors were brought aboard and Carpathia returned to New York. The rescue remains the defining chapter in her story.
BEYOND THE RESCUE
A ship of crossings.
Before and after 1912, Carpathia connected people across the Atlantic, including Mediterranean ports and New York.
A wartime ending.
Her service continued during the First World War. On 17 July 1918, the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-55 and sank off Ireland.
A story to preserve.
The film and expedition projects connect archival research with a new effort to document the wreck and preserve its memory.
KEEP THE STORY ALIVE / #BECOTTAM
The next chapter is below us.
Explore the plans to return to Carpathia and help preserve her legacy.
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