The "Carpathia" made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston, and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904. In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line's after the latter struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. The "Carpathia" navigated the ice fields to arrive two hours after the "Titanic" had sunk, and the crew rescued 705 survivors from the ship's lifeboats.