It is here necessary to consider the circumstances relating to the
steamship _Californian_.
On the 14th of April the steamship _Californian_, of the Leyland Line,
Mr. Stanley Lord, master, was on her passage from London, which port she
left on April 5, to Boston, United States, where she subsequently
arrived on April 19. She was a vessel of 6,223 tons gross and 4,038 net.
Her full speed was 12-1/2 to 13 knots. She had a passenger certificate,
but was not carrying any passengers at the time. She belonged to the
International Mercantile Marine Co., the owners of the _Titanic_.
At 7.30 p.m., ship's time, on April 14, a wireless message was sent from
this ship to the _Antillian_:
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To CAPTAIN, _Antillian_:
Six thirty p.m., apparent ship's time, latitude 42° 3´ N., longitude 49°
9´ W. Three large bergs, 5 miles to southward of us. Regards.