Lifeboats Carrying Titanic Survivors Toward Safety.
On April 15, 1912, this photo was taken of two lifeboats transporting survivors of the Titanic toward safety. Out of the 2,208 passengers and crew onboard the Titanic, 1,503 did not make it onto a lifeboat and perished in the North Atlantic Ocean. The remaining 705 people were able to escape on lifeboats and were rescued by the RMS Carpathia later that morning.
The RMS Carpathia arrived at the location of the lifeboats at 4 am, approximately one hour and forty minutes after the Titanic sank. The rescue operation continued until the final lifeboat was retrieved at 8:30 am.
