RMS Carpathia

RMS CarpathiaRMS 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. was a passenger steamship of the Cunard Line.GreatOceanLiners.com, "Carpathia, 1903-1918"  ; retrieved 2012-8-21.


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.

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Other websites

Carpathia (1903–1918 ; 13,555 tons) 
Maritimequest RMS Carpathia Photo Gallery 
Carpathia 1907 photos by Marjorie Champlin Bowen 

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