[CW] Titanic Radio Information

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

OT because it's not "CW", it's SPARK, type "B" emission, damped waves.
But forgive me, this is excellent information.

Excellent page on "Titanic/MGY" very accurate information.  I just
found out that the page was stolen from R/O Glenn Dunstan, VK4DU. He's
taken his page down, I knew this was good stuff.

http://tjiluwah.atspace.com/Titanic.htm

More details of Titanic radio message traffic may be found in the book

"Titanic: Signals of Disaster"
White Star publications,
30 Eden Vale Road,
Westbury, Wiltshire,
England BA13 3NY

I highly recommend this book.

Titanic: Signals of Disaster
by John Booth and Sean Coughlan

Review:
it was amazing 5.00

Description:
Blue boards with gilt titles on spine, internally clean and bright. As
New copy in similar jacket. Publishers remainder which may show a
little edgewear to the jacket from storage. These recently discovered
and previously unpublished wireless messages offer an unadulterated
transcript of events, almost a running commentary, of life on board
the "TITANIC" before and after disaster struck. The harrowing hours of
her sinking, the calls for help and the race to rescue survivors speak
of both hope and despair, providing a poignant record of how the
"TITANIC", the icon of the Gilded Age, turned to rust. , 4to 11" -
13", 200 pp (less)

Available reasonably priced used through ABE Books.
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=titanic+signals+of+disaster&kn=&isbn=

Radio callsigns for the ships and shore stations involved are listed below.

In 1912, ships were issued with 3 letter callsigns (this later changed
to 4, as more ships were fitted with wireless).

Wireless shore stations:

Cape Race Newfoundland MCE
Sable Island Nova Scotia MSD
Sea Gate New York MSE
Sagaponack New York MSK
Siasconset Massachusetts MSC
Cape Sable Nova Scotia MSB

Vessels name and radio callsign (with the Captain's name listed where known):

Antillian Capt. Japha MJL
Amerika Capt. Knuth DDR
Asian Capt. Wood MKL
Baltic MBC
Blucher DDB
Birma SBA
Californian Capt. S.Lord MWL
Caronia Capt. Barr MSF
Carpathia Capt. A.H.Rostron MPA
Celtic MLC
Cedric MDC
USS Chester Capt. S.G. Decker NDG
Franconia Capt. Smith MEA
Frankfurt DFT
Empress of Britain MPB
La Touraine Capt. Coussin MLT
Titanic Capt. Smith MGY
Mount Temple MLQ
Mesaba Capt. Clark MMU
Minnehaha MMA
Minnewaska Capt. Gates MMW
Noordam Capt. Krol MRA
Olympic Capt. Haddock MKC
Parisian MZN
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm DKF
Virginian Capt. Gambell MGN

SHIP NAME, then Captain (if known) and lastly call sign. Three letter
groups. M is Marconi, Great Britain, D is Germany, S it is believed is
Russia at least from reading the information on BIRMA / SBA (of the
"Russia East Asiatic Company") - an excellent article - not to be
missed: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/birma-bears-witness.html

I don't think I have any material easy to locate to say for sure what
SBA is the prefix for - it's now Sweden. Another article about "Russia
to the Rescue" is here:
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/russians-rescue-icefield-described.html