[TITANIC] A Marconi message from R.M.S. Titanic to R.M.S. Olympic
14 April 1912
14 April 1912
1. (Titanic to Olympic)
To: Olympic
Eleven pm NEW YORK TIME TITANIC SENDING OUT SIGNALS OF DISTRESS ANSWERED HIS CALLS.
TITANIC REPLIES AND GIVES ME HIS POSITION 41.46 N 50 14 W, AND SAYS "WE HAVE STRUCK AN ICE BERG".
OUR DISTANCE FROM TITANIC 505 MILES."
5-1/2 x 8 ins.(14 x20 cm.) (1)
To: Olympic
Eleven pm NEW YORK TIME TITANIC SENDING OUT SIGNALS OF DISTRESS ANSWERED HIS CALLS.
TITANIC REPLIES AND GIVES ME HIS POSITION 41.46 N 50 14 W, AND SAYS "WE HAVE STRUCK AN ICE BERG".
OUR DISTANCE FROM TITANIC 505 MILES."
5-1/2 x 8 ins.(14 x20 cm.) (1)
Sold for
US$ 27,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Literature:
John Booth and Sean Coughlan, Titanic - Signals of Disaster, White Star Publications, Wiltshire, UK, 1993, pgs 160-161.
Category: Fine Art / Marine Art
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