Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic"
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Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"
Great Britain. Court to investigate loss of steamship "Titanic"
Shipwrecks; Titanic (Steamship)
| | ship. We are about 50 miles off.
| |
10.46 p. m.| 12.36 a. m. | D. K. F. (Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm) calls
| | M. G. Y. (Titanic) and gives position
| | at 12 a. m. 39.47 N., 50.10 W. M. G. Y.
| | (Titanic) says, "Are you coming to our?"
| | D. F. T. (Frankfurt) says, "What is the
| | matter with u?" M. G. Y. (Titanic) "We have
| | collision with iceberg. Sinking. Please
| | tell captain to come." D. F. T.
| | (Frankfurt) says, "O. K. will tell."
| |
10.48 p. m.| 12.38 a. m. | Mount Temple hears Frankfurt give M. G. Y.
| | (Titanic) his position, 39.47 N., 52.10 W.
10.55 p. m.| 12.45 a. m. | Titanic calls Olympic SOS.
| |
11 p. m. | 12.50 a. m. | Titanic calls CQD. and says, "I
| | require immediate assistance. Position
| | 41.46 N., 50.14 W." Received by Celtic.
11.03 p. m.| 12.53 a. m. | Caronia to M. B. C. (Baltic) and SOS.,
| | M. G. Y.(Titanic) CQD. in 41.46 N.,
| | 50.14 W. Wants immediate assistance."
| |
11.10 p. m.| 1 a. m. | M. G. Y. gives distress signal. D. D. C.
| | replies. M. G. Y.'s position 41.46 N.,
| | 50.14 W. Assistance from D. D. C. not
| | necessary, as M. K. C. shortly
| | afterwards answers distress call.
| |
Do. | do. | Titanic replies to Olympic, and gives
| | his position as 41.46 N., 50.14 W., and
| | says, "We have struck an iceberg."
| |
11.12 p. m.| 1.02 a. m. | Titanic calls Asian and said, "Want
| | immediate assistance." Asian answered
| | at once and received Titanic's position
| | as 41.46 N., 50.14 W., which he immediately
| | takes to the bridge. Captain instructs
| | operator to have Titanic's position repeated.
| |
Do. | do. | Virginian calls Titanic, but gets no response.
| | Cape Race tells Virginian to report to his
| | captain the Titanic has struck iceberg
| | and requires immediate assistance.
| |
11.20 p. m.| 1.10 a. m. | Titanic to M. K. C. (Olympic), "We are in
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