Timeline Monday 15 April 1912

Events on Monday 15 April 1912 8

• 1912 Carpathia arrives Survivors rescued from lifeboats — 4:00 AM The RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene at 4:00 AM, 1 hour and 40 minutes after the Titanic sank. She rescued 710 survivors from the lifeboats over the next four hours before sailing to New York.
• 1912 Carpathia picks up distress signal SS Carpathia turns and races to help — 12:25 AM The RMS Carpathia received the Titanic's CQD distress call at 12:25 AM and immediately turned around, pushing her engines beyond their limits to reach the stricken liner 58 miles away.
• 1912 First lifeboat launched Lifeboat 7 leaves with only 28 people — 12:45 AM The first lifeboat, Lifeboat 7, was launched at 12:45 AM carrying only 28 people — less than half its capacity of 65. Many passengers refused to believe the ship was sinking and declined to board. Distress rockets were fired.
• 1912 – 1994 Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Died 8 July 1994, aged 81 Kim Il Sung, founder and long-ruling leader of North Korea, died of a heart attack, prompting a formal ten-day mourning period. His son Kim Jong Il succeeded him, beginning a dynastic leadership that continues today.
• 1912 Last lifeboat departs Over 1,500 people left aboard — 2:05 AM The last collapsible lifeboat left the Titanic at 2:05 AM with over 1,500 people still aboard. The ship's bow was now fully submerged and the stern was rising out of the water. The band played on.
• 1912 Last radio message sent "Every man for himself" — 2:17 AM The final radio message was transmitted at 2:17 AM: "Every man for himself." Radio operator Jack Phillips continued sending until the power failed. He did not survive.
• 1912 Lifeboats ordered uncovered Captain Smith assesses the damage — 12:05 AM Captain Smith ordered the lifeboats uncovered and passengers mustered at 12:05 AM, after ship designer Thomas Andrews told him the Titanic had at most two hours to live. There were lifeboats for only 1,178 of the 2,224 aboard.
• 1912 Titanic sinks 1,500 lives lost RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912 and sank, killing over 1,500 passengers in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.