Carpathia
Name | Carpathia |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 13,603 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | British |
Built | 1903
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Builder | C. S. Swan & Hunter, Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History | This was the ship that rushed 60 miles in vain to assist the Titanic when she sank. Carpathia, arriving at 4am, picked up 703 survivors and returned to New York with them.
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Carpathia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 17 Jul 1918 | U 55 (Wilhelm Werner) | Sunk | Torpedoed 170 miles WxN of Bishop Rock
| 50° 25'N, 10° 49'W
| Liverpool - Boston
| in ballast
| 5
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| Vessel had sailed from Liverpool on 16 July in convoy OL24
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Position of attack on Carpathia
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