A biography of Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, captain of the Carpathia which rushed to the aid of the Titanic and rescued some 700 survivors. Rostron went to sea in 1887 as an apprentice, gaining his master's certificate in 1894, and joined the Cunard Steamship Comapny the following year, eventually retiring in 1931 as commodore of the Cunard Line. He participated in the Gallipoli campaign and commanded the Mauretania as a hospital ship during the First World War, continuing as master of the Mauretania through most of the 1920s. Supporting tables list his ships and commands and the text is illustrated with photographs.