£1,000 - £1,500
R.M.S. CARPATHIA: The Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Wallsend, Liverpool, Tyne and Wear in England in 1903. She is best known as the ship which rescued all of Titanic's survivors. A salvaged partial section of a white vitreous porcelain tip sink basin, possibly from a Second-Class cabin, the reason why this particular piece is in its present condition are due to the extreme stresses presented when the Carpathia was sunk by a German torpedo during World War I off the coast of Ireland. It is entirely conceivable that this piece was on board the Carpathia when she rescued Titanic's surviving passengers and crew. It bears an impressed crown mark and '37'. Approximate height 5¼ins, width 12¼ins, diameter 9ins. Note: Recovered on September 1, 2007, dive twenty, by the Achilles rover at lat. 49º 22.082' N, long. 10º 41.677' W by an ROV basket. Accession number 07/0085.
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