On this day in history, the RMS Carpathia reached New York. The RMS Carpathia reached New York on the 18th of April 1912 with the survivors of Titanic. Titanic hit an iceberg at 11.40pm on the 14th of April 1912 and sank into the Atlantic Ocean at 2.20am in the early morning hours of the 15th of April 1912. The RMS Carpathia reached the scene where Titanic had sank several hours later to rescue Titanic's survivors. Carpathia had picked up a wireless distress signal from Titanic just after midnight on the 15th of April, this was as Titanic was in the early stages of sinking. However, Carpathia was sadly too far away from Titanic in time to save everyone. Carpathia was over an hour away from Titanic when she received Titanic's distress signal, upon receiving Titanic's distress signal, the Carpathia made her way straight towards Titanic. Carpathia arrived at the scene of where Titanic sank around 4am on the morning of the 15th of April, where she rescued the survivors of Titanic's ill-fated voyage. It took several hours for Carpathia to rescue Titanic's survivors and bring them on-board, where they were looked after by Carpathia's crew. Carpathia left the wreckage scene around 9am with hundreds of Titanic's survivors and made her way to New York. It took Carpathia several days to reach New York: Carpathia reached New York on the evening of the 18th of April 1917. Carpathia reached New York just hours after Titanic was supposed to reach New York.
If Titanic's maiden voyage been successful, Titanic would have reached New York on the 17th of April 1917.
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