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107 #61: The Californian was about 20 miles away from the sinking Titanic

FALSE. The stationary Californian was only about 10 miles away to the northwards of the sinking Titanic all night. We

FALSE. David Sarnoff, a radio operator who worked for Wanamaker’s in New York, did relay messages from the Olympic and

Many visitors to London have contacted me in advance of their trip to ask if I can guide them around

TRUE. However, this was in response to the Frankfurt’s question ‘What’s up old man?’, which Phillips received at 2 a.m.,

FALSE. The passenger steamer Mount Temple and the Marconi shore station at Cape Race were the first to receive Titanic’s

TRUE. At about 7.30 p.m., Lightoller took a set of star sights in order to calculate Titanic’s position. Third officer