"Tell him we are coming as fast as we can"

Such was the reply from Arthur Rostron, captain of the RMS Carpathia, upon receipt of a disturbing message received at 12:25am by the RMS Titanic: "Come at once. We have struck a berg. It's a CQD (precursor to the "SOS" signal), old man."

This incredibly unique image captures lifeboat passengers boarding the Carpathia, taken the same morning of April 15, 1912.