Throughout the day of April 14th, Titanic had received wireless messages warning of icebergs on her course. The Russian East Asiatic liner, the Birma, was steaming about 100 miles to the south-west of the Titanic when her radio operator intercepted a distress call from 'MYG', the call-sign of the Titanic. The time was 11:45pm. He asked for further information and was told that the ship had struck an iceberg and was sinking fast. He estimated tht it would be 6:30am before the Birma could arrive at the scene. At 1:45 am came a final distress messgae from Titanic using the old distress call -CQD (CQ - all stations attend; D - Distress) as well as the new international code - SOS. Copies of these radio-telegrams were obtained for the Board of Trade inquiry by diplomatic contacts at St. Petersburg, then captial of the Russian Empire
14-15th April 1912 PRO reference MT9/920 C [no.259]
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The Making of History
| Register for Transmission to Registrar-General
of Shipping and Seamen | The Report of
Survey of An Emigrant Ship |
| Titanic's boilers |
Leaving for the New World
| Certificate for Clearance |
Boarding Card | Luggage Stickers |
Steerage - the Aks family |
On Board
| Passenger List | Music
Booklet | Notes for First-Class Passengers
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| 1st Class Dinner Plate |
| First-Class Lunch Menu | The
"Last Dinner" Menu |
Disaster
| Telegraph transcripts from Titanic intercepted
By SS Birma |
Lifeboats and Carpathia
| Photograph of a Survivor climbing aboard
SS Carpathia | Landing Card |
Aftermath
| Correspondence from the White Star Line
to the Board of Trade concerning loss of Titanic |
| Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's
Union |
| The politician's responce | Commemorative
Medal |
British and American Inquiries
| Sub-committee of the Committee on Commerce
of the United States Senate | A
Report on the Loss of the "Titanic" (S.S) |
| Report on the Senate Committee enquiry
report into the loss of the Titanic |
