Ship that Assisted Titanic?

Question: Ship that Assisted Titanic!?

Does anyone know why the ship that responded to Titanic's cry for help sink!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The Carpathia!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wireless operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride were busy sending out CQD, the international distress signal!. Several ships responded, including Mount Temple, Frankfurt and Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, but none were close enough to make it in time!. The closest ship was Cunard Line's RMS Carpathia 58 miles (93 km) away, which arrived in about four hours—too late to rescue all of Titanic's passengers!. The only land–based location that received the distress call from Titanic was a wireless station at Cape Race, Newfoundland!.

From the bridge, the lights of a nearby ship could be seen off the port side!. Not responding to wireless, Fourth Officer Boxhall and Quartermaster Rowe attempted signalling the ship with a Morse lamp and later with distress rockets, but the ship never appeared to respond!. The SS Californian, which was nearby and stopped for the night because of ice, also saw lights in the distance!. The Californian's wireless was turned off, and the wireless operator had gone to bed for the night!. Just before he went to bed at around 11:00 PM the Californian's radio operator attempted to warn the Titanic that there was ice ahead, but he was cut off by an exhausted Jack Phillips, who snapped, "Shut up, shut up, I am busy"!. When the Californian's officers first saw the ship, they tried signalling her with their Morse lamp, but also never appeared to receive a response!. Later, they noticed the Titanic's distress signals over the lights and informed Captain Stanley Lord!. Even though there was much discussion about the mysterious ship, which to the officers on duty appeared to be moving away, the Californian did not wake her wireless operator until morning!.

April 15, 1912 at 12:10am: First distress signal sent
a!. CQD,MGY, SOS i!. CQD - Old Morse Code Distress signal (Seek-You-Distress, Come Quick, Distress! - Come Quick, Disaster! - Come Quick, Danger!)
ii!. MGY - RMS Titanic’s call letters (does not stand for anything
iii!. SOS - New Morse Code distress signal (Titanc was one of the first ships to use this new code)

b!. WHO Responded: i!. The Olympic
ii!. The Frankfurt
iii!. The Carpathia (Closest at 58 miles (93km)

April 15, 1912 at 2:05am : Captain Smith releases Wireless Operators Phillips and Bride
a!. He said, “You can do no more!. Now it’s every man for himself”
b!. They kept working!.
c!. Faint distress message was heard by the Virginian at around 2:17

April 15, 1912 at 3:30am: The Carpathia's rockets are spotted by the first lifeboats!.

April 15, 1912 at 4:10am: Lifeboat No!.2 is the first boat to be picked up by the Carpathia

April 15, 1912 at 8:30am The last lifeboat, No!.12, is picked up!.

April 15, 1912 at 8:50am The Carpathia, loaded with 705 survivors, heads for New York!.

April 18, 1912 (Thursday): The Carpathia arrives in New York with the survivors!.
a!. Reporters are so eager to interview the survivors that some charter boats to sail alongside her, shouting questions through megaphones!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Californian was nearby and saw thier lights and fireworks but has their telegraph shut off for the night, so they didn't realize what was going on!. The Carpathia came from further away and was only able to save those who survived the night!. Very sad !. !. !. caused a lot of new safety laws to be passed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The RMS Carpathia is the ship that picked up survivors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com