Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after it hit an iceberg. The RMS Carpathia was over three hours away and came to rescue ...

When RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at about 23:40 BST on 14 April 1912, it was not until an hour later that an emergency call went out to other ships in the area. The morse code message was picked up by ...

When the Titanic sent out an emergency signal on April 14, 1912, after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, it was the Cunard cruise liner Carpathia that took action, arriving on the scene about ...

A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction in London for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia connected to the ...

A gold pocket watch presented to an unsung hero of the Titanic rescue mission 114 years ago is set to fetch $125,000 at auction. The luxury 18-carat gold timepiece was given to the engineer of a ...

Arthur Rostron was the captain of RMS Carpathia when it received a morse code message from the ship.

A lifeboat with Titanic survivors approaches the RMS Carpathia on April 15, 1912.Carl Simon/United Archives/Universal Images Group via Getty Images When the Titanic sank around 2:20 a.m. on April 15, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arthur Rostron was the captain of RMS Carpathia when the Titanic sunk [Getty Images] When RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at about ...