I have always heard that the Californian could not reach the Titanic if she did decide to go racing towards the scene.

But at what distance is this calculation made upon?

The reason I ask is that I have heard from different sources over the years (and some may not be correct) that the Californian was anywhere from 10 to 20 miles away. But is anyone for certain? Could the Californian have been closer than ten miles away?

I guess you could take into consideration the time it took Californian to reach Carpathia, assuming that the lifeboats did not drift enough from the scene to matter. Any thoughts on this anyone?

Aparently from Articles i read on this Topic IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH TITANIC ANYWAYS!!! The ship was smaller, it was on the other side of the Ice field, It wouldn't get there in time, and... yeah thats really it...

Captain Lord made No attemt to wake his wirelsess operator Cyrill Evans. Lord was awakened several times and asked about the rockets to which he replied that they may be "company rockets", to help ships identify themselves to liners of the same company. What is unclear is why Lord simply assumed this as there were no other ships in sight that night. He knew that Titanic was in the area. Had he awoken Evans they could have contacted Phillips and Bride. I mean look at the effort Captain Rostron made and the Carpathia was 58 miles away. there is No doubt in my mind that Captain Lord could have saved many of the Titanic's crew.

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Ummm......Buff Egan. Care to explain or support your statement? I'd love to hear it. I think we all would.....

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I think the California was totally to blame captain Lord could have saved the Titanic passangers.

I have this Titanic CD that says at 12:15am, after the first signal sent...ships La Provence, Mount Temple and Ypiranga all heard the Titanic's CQD. However, it's made mainly for younger adolescents or children.

That being said, I have heard the only ships to respond to the Titanic's distress calls were The Olympic, The Frankfurt, and The Carpathia. So that means other would have to of heard second hand from other wireless operators.

I also have heard ships like The Cornia, Asian, Virginian heard Titanic's signaling but either were faint, unrecognizable, or didn't respond back.

I believe the Mount Temple was trapped in the ice at the time. Considering it is a smaller vessel there was no 24 hour operated radio, therefore the operator had probably turned in for the night. I do not remember hearing of the Titanic being in touch with Mount Temple that night.

why couldn't mount temple help?