Mid ka mid ah arrimaha ugu muranka badan ee la baaray baaritaanada ayaa ahaa doorka ay ka ciyaartay SS Californian, oo hadda kaliya dhowr mayl u jirtay Titanic laakiin aan soo qaadin codadkeeda gargaarka ama ka jawaabin gantaaladeeda calaamadaha. Lord Moran wuxuu uga digay Titanic raadiyaha barafka baakadda (taasi waxay ahayd sababta Californian u joogsatay habeenkii) laakiin waxaa ku canaantay hawlwadeenka sare ee wireless-ka ee Titanic, Jack Phillips. Markhaatiga ka hor baaritaanka Ingiriiska wuxuu shaaca ka qaaday in 10:10 pm, Californian uu arkay nalka markab koonfurta; waxaa markii dambe la isku raacay Kabtan Stanley Lord iyo Sarkaalka Saddexaad C.V. Groves (oo laga saaray waajibaadka Lord Lord at 11:10 pm) in tani ay ahayd rakaab. 11:50 pm, sarkaalka ayaa tilmaamay in nalalka markabku ay ka baxsadeen, maadaama aysan ka jawaabin shantii mar ee ugu dambeysay ee ay ka soo laabteen Titanic, laakiin wuxuu ku andacoonay in haddii ay suurogal tahay in marka
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