The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, 113 years ago, after it hit an iceberg. The RMS Carpathia was over three hours away and came to rescue the stranded survivors. Of the roughly 2,200 people ...

Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the north Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912.