Titanic, 100 Years Later
Titanic, 100 Years Later
Titanic, 100 Years Later
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APRIL 14, 1912 WARNING'S OF ICE<br />
• 9:00 AM: <strong>Titanic</strong> picks up wireless message from Caronia warning of field ice and<br />
icebergs in 42ºN, from 49º to 51ºW.<br />
• 11:40 AM: Dutch liner Noordam reports "much ice" in about the same position as the<br />
Caronia.<br />
• 1:42 PM: Iceberg warning received via the Baltic and "large quantities of field ice" in<br />
latitude 41º 51'N, longitude 49º 52' W about 250 miles ahead of <strong>Titanic</strong>. Message<br />
delivered to Captain Smith. Smith later gives it to J. Bruce Ismay, who puts it in his<br />
pocket.<br />
• 1:45 PM: "Large iceberg" warning received via German liner Amerika (41º 27' N, 50º 8'<br />
W). Message not sent to the bridge.<br />
• 5:30 to 7:30 PM: Air temperature drops ten degrees to 33ºF.<br />
• 5:50 PM: Captain Smith alters ship's course slightly south and west of normal course -<br />
possibly as a precaution to avoid ice.
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