FALSE. David Sarnoff, a radio operator who worked for Wanamaker’s in New York, did relay messages from the Olympic and
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Continue reading107 #59: The Frankfurt, 50 miles away, was told ‘You fool, standby and keep out’ when she contacted Titanic
TRUE. However, this was in response to the Frankfurt’s question ‘What’s up old man?’, which Phillips received at 2 a.m.,
Continue reading107 #58: Carpathia was the first ship to pick up Titanic’s distress signal
FALSE. The passenger steamer Mount Temple and the Marconi shore station at Cape Race were the first to receive Titanic’s
Continue reading107 #57: Titanic’s distress signal gave the wrong position
TRUE. At about 7.30 p.m., Lightoller took a set of star sights in order to calculate Titanic’s position. Third officer
Continue reading107 #56: Titanic was the first ship to use the distress signal SOS
FALSE. SOS was probably first used on 10th June 1909, about three years before the Titanic sank, by the Cunard
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