Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
April 15, 1912
8:50 a.m. (ship's time), Olympic (MKC) was in wireless contact with Scandinavian (MNC), eastbound, Boston-Glasgow and using her east band. No mention of Titanic was transmitted.
Around noon, Scandinavian, again using her east band, offered "timely assistance" to Olympic, which was then able to clear three messages to Cape Race (MCE) and receive five before MNC broke for lunch.
At 1:25 p.m., Olympic was still in wireless contact with Cape Race, relaying passenger lists received from Carpathia (MPA), although MCE's signals to and from MKC were weak and fading. Also, the nearby Berlin (DKB) was jamming Olympic's signals and had to be warned to stop. Once again, Scandinavian assisted Olympic by forwarding messages received from Cape Race.
Data:
July 7, 1898
Launched as New England for Dominion Line's Liverpool-Boston service.
1903
Acquired by White Star Line, renamed Romanic. (Liverpool-Boston; Boston-Mediterranean).
January 1912
Purchased by Allan Line, renamed Scandinavian. Second and third class only. (Glasgow-Halifax-Boston; Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal).
March 23, 1912
First voyage for Allan Line, Glasgow-Halifax-Boston.
May 4, 1912
May First voyage, Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal.
1912-1917
Glasgow-Canada service for Allan Line.
July 16, 1917
Acquired by Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd. (Liverpool-New York; Liverpool-St. John, NB; Antwerp-Montreal.
July 1922
Laid up at Falmouth.
January 1923
Laid up at Gareloch, Scotland.
July 9, 1923
Sold. Scrapped at Hamburg.
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