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Not mentioned was the effect that the sinking had on communications at sea. At that time the generally accepted distress signal was "CQD," generally interpreted as "Come Quick DAnger" and the other signal which was not in general use was "SOS" - which many consider means "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls." After the ship sank it was agreed by the International Telecommunications Union that in every case of danger to life at sea the ONLY signal to be transmitted would be "SOS" sent three times, then the ships call sign and "SOS" sent three times, in each case it was to be sent without a break between each part so that it would be transmitted and heard as "SOSSOSSOS." All communication was carried out using WT aka CW aka Morse Code.

Also out the disaster came mandatory instructions to all wireless operators. They had to stop transmitting what ever they were and tune the receiver to the international distress frequency at 15 minutes past and 15 minutes to each hour. They had to listen for any transmission and notify the ships captain or officer of the watch immediately who would advise whether his ship would go to the distressed vessels aid - for example it would be rather difficult for a ship in the Atlantic Ocean to respond to a distress call from a ship in the Pacific Ocean. Otherwise the vessel was placed under a duty to save life at sea and set sail immediately to the stricken vessel to render all aid.

Only with the advent of voice (RT) did the distress call change from SOS to the spoken word of "MAYDAY" it is sent three times as "MAYDAYMAYDAYMAYDAY" without a pause between each mayday, followed by the call sign followed by "MAYDAYMAYDAYMAYDAY." However any distress signal on the IDF's may be transmitted using Morse Code or Voice and has to be responded to. The requirement to render assistance is also placed on aircraft captains.

Modern aircraft and ship communication systems contain a monitor which automatically notifies the crew that a distress signal has been received. Modern ship lifeboats and aircraft life rafts have to carry communication equipment to enable the occupants to transmit their location.

People forgot the animals to onboard. Twelve dogs and chickens. Yes twelve dogs and chickens, people. Three dogs survive the tradery too. A pomerian called Lady, another pomerain who's name is unknown, and pekegese call Sun Yat-sen. No chickens survived by the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.61.200 (talk) 00:16, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2016

Correct spelling "artefacts " Que22 (talk) 16:38, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes it is the correct spelling for this article so nothing needs to be changed, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 18:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Not done: That is not a spelling error. It is the British spelling of artifact. This article uses British spellings. Please see WP:ENGVAR. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 18:02, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) -  Not done - as it says at the top of this page, this article is in British English, so artefacts is correct, as stated here - Arjayay (talk) 18:04, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

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03:13, 04 March 2016 (RMS)1912

rms titanic of the day (1912-2016) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.178.107.205 (talk) 09:44, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2016

Please add parenthesis at the end of the fifth paragraph. Also, the comma seems better as a semicolon. Change this: Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history, her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture (e.g.,books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. To this: Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture (e.g.,books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials). 50.46.214.192 (talk) 07:13, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, alterations made. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 13:43, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Bottom Damage

In his book David G.Brown advances excellent evidence that it was bottom damage that sank the Titanic rather than the side scrape. After the collision the ship was badly damaged but stopped and not in any immediate danger of sinking. Described as being "afloat on its pumps".

Somebody ordered the engines re-started and the forward motion section forced the flood water over a forward bulkhead destroying the last of the forward buoyancy and the ship would then sink. Whoever gave the order to restart the engines remains unknown but would condemn the ship to sink.

This particular DVD version of events has been shown at least once on UK TV. None of the other Titanic DVDs seem to mention this incident so does anybody know the name etc of the DVD that does show this? AT Kunene 123 (talk) 13:52, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2016

I suggest that many sources can confirm that the Carpathia did NOT arrive on the wreck scene until some four hours later, not two as this suggests.

174.3.130.68 (talk) 02:32, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

 Not done - The page suggests that the Carpathia arrived two hours after the Titanic sank, which was around 2 hours after it hit the iceberg, from what I can see from checking sources. If you have a source that suggests otherwise, please share, but I think you are just mis-interpreting the article. Unless, you can provide a source to corroborate this claim I will not make this change. DPM 06:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)