US Senate report submitted
The subcommittee reported to the Senate, condemning the Californian's inaction, the absence of boat drill and of a continuous wireless watch, and the lifeboat shortfall. Its recommendations fed directly into American radio legislation later that year and into the 1914 SOLAS conference.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- United States Senate inquiry into the loss of the Titanic · legislative inquiry · not located
- SS Californian · vessel · not located
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1914 · international convention · not located
- Marconi wireless telegraphy at sea · technology system · not located
Evidence
Verified — Every field is supported by a cited authoritative source.
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 United States Senate inquiry into the loss of the Titanic
- Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed
- Mesaba reports heavy pack ice and bergs directly ahead
- Californian's ice message cut off — 'keep out, I am busy'
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS
- First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired
- Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue
- US Senate inquiry opens at the Waldorf-Astoria
- US Senate report submitted
- Mersey report published
- International Ice Patrol established
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London
Related
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- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London · 1914-01-20
- International Ice Patrol established · 1914
- Mersey report published · 1912-07-30
- US Senate inquiry opens at the Waldorf-Astoria · 1912-04-19
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS · 1912-04-15 00:15
- First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired · 1912-04-15 00:45
- Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue · 1912-04-15 04:00
- Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed · 1912-04-14 13:42