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The first distress signal sent by the Titanic was a CQD (an earlier distress signal to SOS) at around 12:27 a.m (April 15, 1912). It was sent by the ship's wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride. 12:27 a.m. Titanic sends: "I require assistance immediately. Struck by iceberg in 41.46 N., 50.14 W." CQD was a general distress signal used before SOS became the standard. It stands for "Come Quick, Danger," though it wasn’t widely known by that name at the time. (Colloquially among operato