Harold Thomas Cottam was a British wireless operator on RMS Carpathia, who received the distress call from the sinking RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912.
Cottam in 1912
Plaque commemorating Cottam on The Old Ship Inn where he lived later in life
The Marconi International Marine Communication Company, also referred to as Marconi Marine, was a maritime communications company and a subsidiary of the Marconi Company. Founded in 1900, the company
Spark-gap transmitter on board the SS Minnetonka, c. 1902
Marconi coastal station in Carnarvon, Wales
Marconi coastal station in Malin Head, Ireland, c. 1902