RMS Carpathia

	RMS Carpathia under way
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Carpathia
Namesake	Carpathian Mountain Range
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Route	Transatlantic: Liverpool–Queenstown–Boston; Transferred to Liverpool–Queenstown–New York summers; Trieste–Fiume–New York winters;
Builder	C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England
Yard number	274
Laid down	10 September 1901
Launched	6 August 1902
Completed	February 1903
Maiden voyage	5 May 1903
In service	1903–1918
Out of service	17 July 1918
Identification	UK Official Number 118014; Radio Call sign "MPA";
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 17 July 1918
Notes	Rescued all survivors from the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	13,603 GRT, 8,660 NRT
Length	558 ft (170 m)
Beam	64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Draught	34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Decks	7
Propulsion	2 × Wallsend Slipway Co. quadruple expansion steam engines; Twin propellers;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (service)
Capacity	1,800 passengers:; 1st-class: 100; 2nd-class: 200; 3rd-class: 1,500;
Notes	Half-sister to RMS Ivernia (1899); Half-sister to RMS Saxonia (1899);

RMS Carpathia was a passenger steamship of the Cunard Line.

Carpathia was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. The ship made her maiden voyage in 1903.

She was famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912.

Carpathia was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during the First World War. She sank after being torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat. The captain of the Carpathia was A.H. Rostron.

References

↑ "RMS Carpathia (1903)". Tyne Built Ships. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ RMS is an acronym. RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship or Steamer. RMS is a ship prefix for vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.
1 2 3 4 GreatOceanLiners.com, "Carpathia, 1903-1918" Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-21.

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History

RMS Carpathia under way




United Kingdom
Name	RMS Carpathia
Namesake	Carpathian Mountain Range
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Route	Transatlantic: Liverpool–Queenstown–Boston Transferred to Liverpool–Queenstown–New York summers Trieste–Fiume–New York winters
Builder	C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England
Yard number	274
Laid down	10 September 1901
Launched	6 August 1902
Completed	February 1903
Maiden voyage	5 May 1903
In service	1903–1918
Out of service	17 July 1918
Identification	UK Official Number 118014 Radio Call sign "MPA"
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 17 July 1918
Notes	Rescued all survivors from the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912


General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	13,603 GRT, 8,660 NRT
Length	558 ft (170 m)
Beam	64 ft 6 in (19.66 m)
Draught	34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Decks	7
Propulsion	2 × Wallsend Slipway Co. quadruple expansion steam engines Twin propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (service)
Capacity	1,800 passengers: 1st-class: 100 2nd-class: 200 3rd-class: 1,500
Notes	Half-sister to RMS Ivernia (1899) Half-sister to RMS Saxonia (1899)