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Kapitein Arthur Henry Rostron (Bolton, -, 4 november 1940) werd vooral bekend als de kapitein van het schip RMS Carpathia, dat de overlevenden van de Titanic oppikte.

In forza per 36 anni alla compagnia Cunard Line, è noto soprattutto per essere stato il comandante della nave Carpathia quando essa trasse in salvo i superstiti del Titanic, il 15 aprile 1912.

Sir Arthur Henry Rostron (Astley Bridge, 14 maggio 1869 – Chippenham, 4 novembre 1940) è stato un comandante marittimo e militare britannico.

Il est aujourd'hui célèbre pour avoir été le capitaine du Carpathia, navire venu au secours des survivants du Titanic.

Arthur Henry Rostron ( – 4 novembre 1940) est un marin britannique, capitaine de navire de la Cunard Line.

Arthur Henry Rostron fue un marino de la Cunard Line, famoso por ser el capitán del barco que acudió al rescate de sobrevivientes del RMS Titanic en 1912, por lo que fue muy elogiado y condecorado.He rose to become the Commodore of the Cunard fleet and retired in 1931. He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress, and in 1926, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Rostron won wide praise for his energetic efforts to reach the Titanic before she sank, and his efficient preparations for and conduct of the rescue of the survivors.

He is best remembered as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia when it rescued hundreds of survivors from the RMS Titanic after the latter ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD, RNR ( – 4 November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line.Als Schiffsführer des Dampfers Carpathia erlangte er große Bekanntheit durch die Rettung von über 700 Überlebenden der Titanic-Katastrophe vom 15. November 1940 in Chippenham, Wiltshire) war ein britischer Kapitän. Mai 1869 in Astley Bridge, Lancashire † 4.