| Name: | CARPATHIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/08/1902 |
| Completed: | 02/1903 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 274 |
| Dimensions: | 13555grt, 8625nrt, 540.0 x 64.5 x 37.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (26, 27, 53 & 76 x 54ins), 1341nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118014 |
| History: | |
| 20/04/1903 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 17/07/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 204 x 1st and 1,500 x Steerage Class passengers |
| Served Liverpool – Boston, later Trieste – New York and Liverpool – New York routes | |
| 15/04/1912: Received distress signals from the sinking TITANIC and rescued 700 survivors who were taken to New York | |
| 17/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55, 170 miles WxN of Bishop Rock | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Boston in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
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Above photo is courtesy of the Dickinson Collection
Above photo is courtesy of the Dickinson Collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above postcard is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above painting is courtesy of the Stephen J Card
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 07/08/1902