Carpathia lands the survivors at New York
She stopped first at White Star's Pier 59 to put off Titanic's thirteen recovered lifeboats, then berthed at Cunard's Pier 54. Tens of thousands waited on the waterfront in the rain. Rostron had refused to release survivor accounts by wireless during the passage, so the first full account of the disaster reached the world that night.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- RMS Carpathia · vessel · not located
- New York — Chelsea Piers (Piers 54 and 59) · port · United States
- Captain Arthur Rostron · person · not located
Evidence
Verified — Every field is supported by a cited authoritative source. This is the standing of the weakest source, not an average.
Testimony of Captain Arthur Rostron of the RMS Carpathia
Carpathia was about 58 nautical miles from the transmitted distress position, worked up to roughly 17 knots through ice, reached the first lifeboat about 04:00 on 15 April and took aboard approximately 705 survivors, landing them at New York on 18 April.
United States Senate inquiry and British Wreck Commissioner's Court · 1912 · Verified
Testimony of Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, United States Senate subcommittee hearings from 19 April 1912, and evidence to the British Wreck Commissioner's Court
Titanic Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate
Criticised the Californian's failure to respond to rockets, the absence of lifeboat drill and of a continuous wireless watch, and the inadequacy of lifeboat provision; recommended lifeboat seats for every person carried.
United States Senate, 62nd Congress · 1912-05-28 · Verified
Senate Report No. 806, 62nd Congress, 2nd Session
Recorded on RMS Carpathia
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- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS · 1912-04-15 00:15
- Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue · 1912-04-15 04:00
- Titanic sails for New York — last sight of land · 1912-04-11 13:30