MGY

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MGY was the distinctive wireless call sign used by the RMS Titanic for its radio communications.

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Label Occurrences
MGY canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf radio call sign
wireless call sign
associatedWith RMS Titanic
associatedWithEvent introduction of SOS in practical maritime use
associatedWithRegulation early 20th-century maritime radio regulations
callSignAssignmentAuthority British wireless authorities
Marconi Company
callSignFormat three-letter call sign
callSignMeaning no intrinsic word meaning; assigned identifier
callSignType Marconi call sign
communicatedWithShip RMS Carpathia
RMS Olympic
SS Californian
SS Frankfurt
countryOfRegistration United Kingdom
distressSignalApproximateCoordinates 41°43′N 49°56′W
distressSignalDate 1912-04-14
1912-04-15
distressSignalLocation Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
era early maritime wireless era
firstUsedByShip 1912
historicalSignificance one of the most famous maritime call signs in history
languageOfTransmission English
notableFor distress transmissions during Titanic disaster
helping coordinate rescue by RMS Carpathia
radioBand longwave
radioOperator Harold Bride
Jack Phillips
radioService Guglielmo Marconi
surface form: Marconi wireless telegraphy
radioSystem spark-gap transmitter
relatedCallSign MCE
MUC
shipOperator White Star Line
shipRegistryPort Liverpool
status historical
transmissionMode Morse code
usedBy RMS Titanic
usedDuringEvent RMS Titanic
surface form: North Atlantic iceberg collision of RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic
surface form: sinking of the RMS Titanic
usedFor distress signaling
maritime radio communications
ship-to-ship communication
ship-to-shore communication
usedForMessageType CQD
surface form: CQD distress calls

SOS distress calls
usedOnRoute Southampton–Cherbourg–New York
surface form: Southampton–Cherbourg–Queenstown–New York route
vesselType ocean liner

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RMS Titanic callSign MGY