13,564 Cunard Line by Swan Hunter, Newcastle

Torpedoed by U 55 off Bishop Rock 1918

In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line’s RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,496 lives in the North Atlantic. The Carpathia navigated the ice fields to arrive two hours after the Titanic had sunk, and the crew rescued 705 survivors from the ship’s lifeboats.

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