Later in the morning, at 08:07 "Baltic" radioed to offer assistance with survivors. "Baltic" travelled 134 miles west toward the scene of the sinking of "Titanic" before turning back toward Liverpool. Ranson subsequently provided testimony about the warnings of icebergs and standard operating procedure, to the British inquiry into the "Titanic" disaster on June 18, 1912. In "EXPENSES OF INQUIRY PAID BY THE BOARD OF TRADE", Ranson is shown to have received 15 shillings in his capacity as master of "Baltic".