Talk:RMS Carpathia
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someone must edit this article on the grounds of these happenings....
http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1173520116150840.xml&coll=2
[edit] Rewrite needed
A rewrite is needed of parts of this article, which appear to be copied verbatim from the cited articles, [1] and [2]. Copyright has been asserted for the first site; there appears to be no release of copyright for the second. Kablammo 17:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
- Generally, everything is considered copyrighted until proven otherwise. I've fixed the copyright problem. Thanks for bringing it up. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
- OKE, so I was not following wikipedia's rules. But looking at the content of the article now, I cannot help but laughing... Sorry, but to mention that Carpathia "cut of hot water in order to gain speed" is a factoid and little detail in a much bigger series of events and decisions. There is so much more to tell: the way captain Rostrom reacted to the message, his preparations for the rescue (and trust me, there was a lot more to do then just cut hot water!!), the "need for speed" while racing to the Titanic, etc. I wil try to write another contribution, and I will try to respect copyright. Afterall, wikipedia is there to give correct, neutral and full information, is it not? --Rolandv 08:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
It is physically impossible for a 14 knot ship to achieve 17 knots. The explanation for her supposed speed is that the captain thought the distance was 58 miles, but as we now know, the distance was less, confirmed by the Titanic wrecksite which is to the south and east of her radioed distress location.
- This is true, and recent data have confirmed that the distance between Titanic and Carpathia was less then captain Rostrom believed. Nevertheless, the actions of Carpathia and her captain do not become less heroic for that reason. Carpathia and her crew still performed admirably, and in the best tradition of good seamanship. --Rolandv
[edit] Added Infobox
Per request above, I've added an infobox and filled it in to the best of my ability. Hopefully someone can complete it. RyanLupin (talk/contribs) 05:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
