RMS Carpathia [SEP] manufacturer
RMS Carpathia
RMS "Carpathia" was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
"Carpathia" made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston (Massachusetts), and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904. In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing the survivors of rival White Star Line's after the latter struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,496 lives in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Joseph Zupicich
Joseph Zupicich (October 1893 – April 11, 1987) was a crewmember on the RMS "Carpathia" when RMS "Titanic" survivors boarded the liner after being rescued on April 15, 1912 from lifeboats by the Carpathia crew.
Early life.
Zupicich was born in 1893 in Istria Austria-Hungary.
Career.
Zupicich worked as a steward foreman on the RMS Carpathia, a Cunard passenger liner that sailed the North Atlantic.
"The Morning Call" quoted a 1982 interview of Zupicich