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)
Crew saved:
Deck department 43 out of 66, or 65.15 per cent.
Engine-room department 72 out of 325, or 22.15 per cent.
Victualing department
(including 20 women out of 23) 97 out of 494, or 19.63 per cent.
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Total 212 out of 885, or 23.95 per cent.
Total on board saved 711 out of 2,201, or 32.30 per cent.
Passengers and crew:
Adult males 338 out of 1,667, or 20.27 per cent.
Adult females 316 out of 425, or 74.35 per cent.
Children 57 out of 109, or 52.29 per cent.
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Total 711 out of 2,201, or 32.30 per cent.
V.--THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE STEAMSHIP "CALIFORNIAN."
It is here necessary to consider the circumstances relating to the
steamship _Californian_.
On the 14th of April the steamship _Californian_, of the Leyland Line,
Mr. Stanley Lord, master, was on her passage from London, which port she
left on April 5, to Boston, United States, where she subsequently
arrived on April 19. She was a vessel of 6,223 tons gross and 4,038 net.
Her full speed was 12-1/2 to 13 knots. She had a passenger certificate,
but was not carrying any passengers at the time. She belonged to the
International Mercantile Marine Co., the owners of the _Titanic_.
At 7.30 p.m., ship's time, on April 14, a wireless message was sent from
this ship to the _Antillian_:
* * * * *
To CAPTAIN, _Antillian_:
Six thirty p.m., apparent ship's time, latitude 42° 3´ N., longitude 49°
9´ W. Three large bergs, 5 miles to southward of us. Regards.
LORD.
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The message was intercepted by the _Titanic_, and when the Marconi
operator (Evans) of the _Californian_ offered this ice report to the
Marconi operator of the _Titanic_, shortly after 7.30 p. m., the latter
replied:
It is all right. I heard you sending it to the _Antillian_, and I
have got it.
The _Californian_ proceeded on her course S. 89° W. true until 10.20 p.
m., ship's time, when she was obliged to stop and reverse engines
because she was running into field ice, which stretched as far as could
then be seen to the northward and southward.
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