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Titanic receives her second ice warning on the evening of Saturday, April 13th. This one is sent via morse lamp from the crippled steamer Rappahannock. Traveling from Halifax to London, the Rappahannock had damaged her bow and rudder in heavy ice only 10 miles to the west of Titanic's position. Titanic flashes back a brief acknowledgement with her morse lamp and continues on course.
The Situation with the Rappahannock
The above statement regarding the communications with the Titanic and the Rappahannock is accepted by some to be Titanic's second ice warning. Its origins can be traced back to an article published in the New York Times on April 26, 1912. However, no real evidence has been shown to support it.
The historical account with any evidence regarding the Rappahannock and Titanic making contact is a testimony from Rappahannock's Chief Officer Albert Smith. He reported that they made visual contact with Titanic on the night of Saturday, April 13th. This happened after his ship emerged from "a heavy rain squall" and saw Titanic with all her lights glowing. Smith estimated that Titanic was moving fast at about 21 knots and soon disappeared into the darkness. Smith never mentioned the Rappahannock encountering ice, being damaged, or communicating with Titanic.
Others claim that the communications between Rappahannock and Titanic took place at 10:30pm on April 14th, approximately one hour before Titanic's collision with the iceberg. If the way of communication was by morse lamp, the two ships would have needed to be within visual range. This would have been impossible due to the fact that the Rappahannock departed Halifax on April 9th and would been much further to the east in her voyage to London. This makes Rappahannock's Chief Officer Albert Smith's testimony of seeing Titanic on the night of April 13th more plausible.