This is a photograph of an iceberg with which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic" class="extiw" title="en:Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> may have collided on April 14, 1912. This print was in possession of Captain De Carteret, the Captain of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_layer" class="extiw" title="en:Cable layer">CS</a> <i>Minia</i>, who reportedly stated that this was the only iceberg near the scene of the collision. Other accounts indicated that there were several icebergs in the area. The <i>Minia</i> was one of the first ships to reach the scene following the disaster, arriving on April 26. It was dispatched after the Western Union <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_Mackay-Bennett" class="extiw" title="en:CS Mackay-Bennett">CS <i>Mackay-Bennett</i></a> by White Star Lines to recover debris from <i>Titanic</i>. During this operation, the <i>Minia</i> found debris and bodies floating in the vicinity of the above iceberg. Captain De Carteret gave the print to Captain A. L. Gamble, Commanding Officer of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Seneca_(1908)" class="extiw" title="en:USCGC Seneca (1908)">USCGC <i>Seneca</i></a>.
Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span>
1912-04-26
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=iipHowLargeWasTheIcebergThatSankTheTITANIC">http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=iipHowLargeWasTheIcebergThatSankTheTITANIC</a>