Arthur Rostron
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 84 years ago |
Date of birth | May 14,1869 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Bolton |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 4,1940 |
Died | Chippenham |
United Kingdom | |
Years of service | British Merchant Navy |
Royal Naval Reserve | |
Job | Sailor |
Books | Titanic Hero: The Autobiography of Captain Rostron of the Carpathia |
The Loss of the Titanic | |
Awards | Order of the British Empire |
Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve | |
Congressional Gold Medal | |
Movies/Shows | Beyond Titanic |
Titanic | |
Education | Bolton School |
Nationality | British |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 602397 |
Arthur Rostron Life story
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.