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The most well known Morse code phrase is SOS or save our souls. SOS was chosen because the code for it -- 3 dots followed by 3 dashes followed by 3 dots -- is unmistakable as anything else and recognizable even to those who do not know Morse code.

Before SOS, the code was CQ which meant anyone listening, please respond. A third letter followed, revealing the reason for the hail. In the case of distress, it was a "D." So it was that when the Titanic hit an iceberg shortly before midnight on its maiden voyage in April 1912, operator John G. Phillips sent a mayday message using the old emergency code and the new one. Titanic's exact Morse code transmission that cold night was, CQD CQD SOS SOS CQD DE MGY MGY. MGY were Titanic's call letters, while DE meant from. An innocuous looking message that literally translated to:

All hail our distress!
All hail our distress!
Save our souls!
Save our souls!
All hail our distress!
From Titanic!

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A novel on the log of the Titanic would have heaps of info to help you out.
I cannot remember the full title, i dont have it here with me :(