Titanic's rescue ship, the Cunard Liner RMS Carpathia, met her own fate on July 17th, 1918 when she was struck by three torpedos fired from the German U-Boat U-55.
This large baseball-size chunk of coal was salvaged during an assessment and exploration of Carpathia's wreckage on September 1st, 2007 by diver Carl Spencer and expedition leader Paul Henry Nargeolet.
- Inventory Number: 401R.2021.004