A VOLUME OF ICE MESSAGES FROM THE TITANIC AND OTHER SHIPS

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A VOLUME OF ICE MESSAGES FROM THE TITANIC AND OTHER SHIPS
DATED APRIL 12TH TO APRIL 15TH, 1912, EIGHTEEN SIGNALS, SIXTEEN OF WHICH ARE EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TITANIC AND VARIOUS SHIPS, TWO OF WHICH ARE BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIAN AND THE ANTILLIAN, DETAILING THE ICE CONDITIONS ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC, CONTAINED IN A VOLUME WITH ANNOTATED AND NUMBERED BACKING SHEETS

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THE TITANIC SIGNALS ARCHIVE, THE MARCONI COMPANY
MR. JOHN BOOTH
CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON, APRIL 14, 1992

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THIS COLLECTION OF TELEGRAPHS SENT VIA VARIOUS SIGNAL SERVICES DOCUMENTS THE ICE-FIELD WARNINGS SENT TO AND RECEIVED BY THE TITANIC AS SHE SAILED WESTWARDS ON THE STEAMER ROUTE APPROACHING THE GRAND BANKS. THE RADIOS WERE OVERLOADED WITH THESE FORMAL MESSAGES, WHICH ALTHOUGH INDICATIVE OF THE PERILS OF THIS ROUTE, DID NOT PREVENT THE TITANIC FROM SAILING AT FULL SPEED. MANY OF THESE MESSAGES ALSO SEND THE TITANIC BEST WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE. HER RESPONSES, SENT ON BEHALF OF CAPTAIN SMITH, OFTEN STATE "MANY THANKS-- HAD MODERATE VARIABLE WEATHER THROUGHOUT."