- Carpathia. Legends and Reality. The Traditional Tale. Anybody who has read the Titanic story knows the tale of the rescue ship Carpathia. Book after book has told us how she raced 58 miles to the rescue, dodging icebergs and pushing her engines beyond their limits to reach 17 knots. Even recent authors, who should know better, keep repeating the story without considering the facts. I believe ...www.users.senet.com.au/~gittins/carpathia.html