Arthur Rostron - Wikipedia
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD (14 May 1869 – 4 November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. [1] He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. [1]
Arthur Henry Rostron : Captain of RMS Carpathia
Arthur Henry Rostron. Captain Arthur Henry Rostron was born at Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, England, on 14 May 1869, the son of James and Nancy Rostron. He was educated at the Astley Bridge High School. At the age of 13 he went to …
CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER - Encyclopedia Titanica
LONDON, Nov. 5-Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, former Commodore of the Cunard fleet, died in a hospital in Chippenham yesterday at the age of 71. He was a former captain of the old Mauretania when she established some of her speed records, and gained international fame, when master of the Carpathia, for that ship's rescue of more than 700 ...
SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON - Encyclopedia Titanica
Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., for many years Commodore of the Cunard Fleet and one of the most famous of the commanders of the Mauretania, died at the Cottage Hospital, Chippenham, on Monday, after a short illness. Arthur Henry Rostron was born in 1869, and was educated at Bolton High
Watch given to captain who saved 700 Titanic survivors sells for
1 day ago · The 18-carat Tiffany & Co timepiece was given to Sir Arthur Rostron, then captain of passenger ship RMS Carpathia, by survivors he rescued in 1912. ... Sir Arthur received the gift from Mr Astor's ...
Arthur Henry Rostron | British captain | Britannica
Arthur Henry Rostron of the Carpathia —were identified and celebrated by the press. Others—notably Ismay, who had found space in a lifeboat and survived—were vilified. There was a strong desire to explain the disaster, and inquiries into the sinking were held in …
Arthur Rostron - Wikiwand
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in …
A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic …
22 hours ago · LONDON (AP) — A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.. The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the Titanic struck an ...
Watch given to captain who saved Titanic survivors sells for …
16 hours ago · The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three female survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the Titanic struck ...
Captain Rostron and the Rescue of the Titanic Survivors (1912)
The human contribution unsafe acts, accidents and heroic recoveries. Sheer Unadulterated Professionalism. Arthur Henry Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia, was born in 1869 and first went to sea at 13 as a cadet at the naval training ship, HMS Conway.