SOS Titanic... CQD...MGY 
Die letzten Funksprueche der TITANIC
Les derniers messages T.S.F. du TITANIC
TITANIC'S last wireless messages
| Zeit | Nachricht |
| 12-15 a.m | La Provence receives Titanic's first distress signals. |
| 12-15 a.m | Mount Temple heard Titanic
sending CQD Says require assistance. Gives position.
Cannot hear me (sic). Advise my Captain (sic) his position at 41.46 N. 50.24 W. |
| 12-15 a.m. | Cape Race coast radio station hears Titanic giving position on CQD 41.44 N. 50.24 W. |
| 12-18 a.m. | Ypiranga hears CQD from
Titanic. Titanic gives CQD here (sic). Position 41.44 N.
50.24 W. Require assistance (calls about 10 times). |
| 12-25 a.m. | CQD call received from
Titanic by Carpathia. Titanic said "Come at once. We
have struck a berg. It's a CQD OM (it's a distress situation old man) Position 41.46 N. 50.14 W." |
| 12-25 a.m. | Cape Race hears MGY (Titanic)
give corrected position 41.46 N. 50.14 W. Calling him, no
answer. (Titanic's 4th Officer Boxhall had just provided a corrected position to the radio room) |
| 12-25 a.m. | MGY (Titanic) says
CQD, Here (is my) corrected position 41.46 N.
50.14 W. Require immediate assistance. We have collision with iceberg. Sinking. Can hear nothing for noise of steam (engineers releasing excess steam pressure from boilers to minimise risk of explosion) Sent about 15 to 20 times to Ypiranga. |
| 12-26 a.m. | DKF (Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm)
calls MGY (Titanic) and gives position at 12 a.m.
39.47 N. 50.10 W. MGY (Titanic) says, "Are you coming to our ?" DFT (Frankfurt) says, "What is the matter with u ?" MGY (Titanic) "We have collision with iceberg. Sinking. Please tell Captain to come." DFT (Frankfurt) says, "O.K. will tell" |
| 12-27 a.m. | Titanic sends following: "I require assistance immediately. Struck by iceberg in 41.46 N. 50.14 W." |
| 12-30 a.m. | Caronia sent CQ message (message
addressed to all ships) to MBC Baltic and CQD (ie:
a distress relay message): MGY (Titanic) struck iceberg, require immediate assistance |
| 12-30 a.m. | Mount Temple hears MGY (Titanic) still calling CQD. Our (sic) Captain reverses ship. We are about 50 miles off. |
| 12-38 a.m. | Mount Temple hears Frankfurt give MGY (Titanic) his position 39.47 N. 52.10 W. |
| 12-45 a.m. | Titanic calls Olympic (sister
ship - 500 miles away en route to England) SOS - (first
use of "SOS" by Titanic ?) (No answer from Olympic ?) |
| 12-50 a.m. | Titanic calls CQD and says, "I require immediate assistance. Position 41.46 N. 50.14 W." Received by Celtic. |
| 12-53 a.m. | Caronia to MBC (Baltic) and SOS,"MGY (Titanic) CQD in 41.46 N. 40.14 W. Wants immediate assistance." |
| 1-0 a.m. | MGY gives distress signal.
DDC (Cincinatti) replies. MGY's position 41.46 N. 50.14
W. Assistance from DDC (Cincinatti) not necessary as MKC (Olympic) shortly afterwards answers distress call. |
| 1-0 a.m. | Titanic replies to Olympic and gives his position as 41.46 N. 50.14 W., and says, "We have struck an iceberg." |
| 1-2 a.m. | Titanic calls Asian and said,
"Want immediate assistance" Asian answered at
once and received Titanic's position as 41.46 N. 50.14 W., which he immediately takes to the bridge. Captain instructs operator to have Titanic's position repeated. |
| 1-2 a.m. | Virginian calls Titanic but
gets no response. Cape Race tells Virginian to report to
his Captain the Titanic has struck iceberg and requires immediate assistance. |
| 1-10 a.m. | Titanic to MKC (Olympic), "We are in collision with berg. Sinking Head down. 41.46 N. 50.14 W. Come soon as possible." |
| 1-10 a.m. | Titanic to MKC (Olympic), Captain says, "Get your boats ready. What is your position?" |
| 1-15 a.m. | Baltic to Caronia, "Please tell Titanic we are making towards her." |
| 1-20 a.m | Virginian hears MCE (Cape
Race) inform MGY (Titanic) "that we are going to his
assistance. Our position 170 miles N. of Titanic." |
| 1-25 a.m. | Caronia tells Titanic, "Baltic coming to your assistance" |
| 1-25 a.m | Olympic sends position to
Titanic 4-24 a.m. G.M.T. 40.52 N. 61.18 W. "Are you
steering southerly to meet us?" Titanic replies, "We are putting the women off in the boats." |
| 1-27 a.m | Titanic says, "We are putting the women off in the boats." |
| 1-30 a.m | Titanic tells Olympic,
"We are putting passengers off in small boats."
"Women and Children in boats, can not last much longer" |
| 1-35 a.m. | Olympic asks Titanic what weather he had. Titanic replies, "Clear and calm." |
| 1-35 a.m | Baltic hears Titanic say
"Engine room getting flooded." (Captain
Smith had just visited the Titanic's radio room and advised this to Phillips and Bride) |
| 1-35 a.m. | Mount Temple hears DFT (Frankfurt) ask "are there any boats around you already?" No reply |
| 1-37 a.m. | Baltic tells Titanic, "We are rushing to you." |
| 1-40 a.m. | Olympic to Titanic, "Am lighting up all possible boilers as fast as (we) can." |
| 1-40 a.m. | Cape Race says to Virginia:
"Please tell your Captain this: "The Olympic is
making all speed for Titanic, but his (Olympic's) position is 40.32 N. 61.18 W. You are much nearer to Titanic. The Titanic is already putting women off in the boats, and he says the weather there is calm and clear. The Olympic is the only ship we have heard say, "Going to the assistance of the Titanic. The others must be a long way from the Titanic." |
| 1-45 a.m. | Last signals heard from Titanic by Carpathia, "Engine-room full up to boilers." |
| 1-45 a.m. | Mount Temple hears Frankfurt calling Titanic. No reply. |
| 1-47 a.m. | Caronia hears Titanic though signals unreadable still |
| 1-48 a.m. | Asian heard Titanic call SOS Asian answers Titanic but receives no answer. |
| 1-50 a.m. | Caronia hears Frankfurt
working to Titanic. Frankfurt according to position 172
miles from MGY (Titanic) at time first SOS sent out. |
| 1-55 a.m. | Cape Race says to Virginian "we have not heard Titanic for about half an hour. His power may be gone." |
| 2-0 a.m. | Virginia hears Titanic calling very faintly, his power being greatly reduced. |
| 2-10 a.m. | Virginian hears 2 v's
signalled faintly in spark similar to Titanic's probably
adjusting spark (Titanic's Chief R/O Phillips adjusting his transmitter to compensate for the dying power supply from the engine room) |
| 2-17 a.m. | Virginian hears Titanic,
call CQ (call to all ships) , but
unable to read him. Titanic's signals end very abruptly as power suddenly switched off. (Loss
of all power to radio room - Phillips says to Bride
"Come, let's clear out" They climb to the roof
of the |
| 2-17 a.m. | Virginian Called Titanic and suggested he should try emergency set, but heard no response |
| 2-20 a.m. | Virginian to
Olympic,"have you heard anything about Titanic"
Olympic says, "No. Keeping strict watch, but hear
nothing more from Titanic. No reply from him" |
| ca. 2-20 a.m. | This was the official time
the Titanic foundered in 41.46 N. 50.14 W. as given by
the Carpathia in message to the Olympic. |
| 2-35 a.m. | Mount Temple hears MPA (Carpathia) send, "If you are there we are firing rockets." |
| 2-40 a.m. | MPA (Carpathia) calling MGY (Titanic). |
| 2-58 a.m. | SBA (Birma) thinks he hears
Titanic so sends, "Steaming full speed for you.
Shall arrive you 6-0 in morning. Hope you are safe. We are only 50 miles now." |
| 3-0 a.m. | MPA (Carpathia) calling MGY (Titanic) |
| 3-28 a.m. | La Provence to Celtic, "Nobody has heard the Titanic for about 2 hours." |
| 4-24 a.m. | SBA (Birma) says "we are 30 miles S.W. off Titanic". |
| 6-40 a.m. | Parisian hears weak signals
from MPA (Carpathia) or some station saying
Titanic struck iceberg. Carpathia has passengers from lifeboats |
| 6-40 a.m. | Asian, with German oil tank
in tow for Halifax asked what news of MGY (Titanic).
Sends service (message) later saying heard MGY (Titanic) v. faint working. C. Race up to 10.0 p.m., local time. Finished calling SOS midnight. |
| 7-40 a.m. | 6-45 a.m. Mount Temple hears MPA (Carpathia) report rescued 20 boat loads. |
| 8-07 a.m. | Baltic sends following to
Carpathia: "Can I be of any assistance to you as
regards taking some of the passengers from you? Will be in position about 4-30. Let me know if you alter your position." |
| 8-10 a.m. | Baltic in communication with
MPA. (Carpathia). Exchanged traffic re passengers,
and get instructions to proceed to Liverpool |
| 8-15 a.m. | Baltic turns round for Liverpool, having steamed 134 miles W. towards Titanic |
| 8-40 a.m. | Mount Temple hears MPA (Carpathia)
call CQ and say, no need to std. Bi (stand by) him.
Advise my Captain (sic), who has been cruising round the icefield with no result. Ship reversed. |
| 8-45 a.m. | Olympic sent MSG (message)
to Owners, New York via Sable Island saying, "Have
not communicated with Titanic since midnight." |
| 8-55 a.m. | Carpathia replies to Baltic,
"Am proceeding to Halifax or New York full speed.
You had better proceed to Liverpool. Have about 800 passengers on board." |
| 9-0 a.m. | Carpathia to Virginian: "We are leaving here with all on board about 800 passengers. Please return to your Northern course." |
Created on March 29, 2001
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