| Maritime family tree runs deep

WHILST in the midst of helping
to plan a recent Cunard event,
Carnival Australia’s PR and
events assistant Emily Taylor
discovered an ancestral link to Sir
Arthur Henry Rostron, a former
Commodore of the Cunard fleet
– and captain of Carpathia, the
vessel which rescued hundreds of
Titanic survivors in 1912.
Maritime connections run deep
in the Taylor family, with her
father a former Royal Australian
Navy submarine captain, and her
mother having formerly worked
at Carnival Australia as executive
assistant to chair, Ann Sherry.
“I always knew that we
were related to the Captain of
Carpathia but I didn’t know
he was the Commodore of the
Cunard fleet or that he had been
such a hero,” commented Taylor
of the discovery.
“My grandfather always said
that his great grandfather had
something to with the Titanic but
I didn’t know the details,” she
continued.
Rostron, Taylor’s great great
great grandfather, steered
Carpathia full-speed to the
Titanic’s aid, rescuing around 710
survivors from the sinking ship.