# Titanic in Morse code

**Titanic in Morse code is "- .. - .- -. .. -.-.". It is 7 characters made of 8 dots and 6 dashes, and takes about 3.1 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

*By Can Türk (https://iamcanturk.dev), MorseForge.*

*Source: https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/titanic/*

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## What it means

The Titanic sent both CQD and SOS in 1912. CQD was the older Marconi distress call — CQ plus D for distress — and SOS had been agreed only six years earlier. The sinking is often credited with popularising SOS, though it was already the official signal.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| T | `-` | dah |
| I | `..` | di-dit |
| T | `-` | dah |
| A | `.-` | di-dah |
| N | `-.` | dah-dit |
| I | `..` | di-dit |
| C | `-.-.` | dah-di-dah-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Titanic in Morse code?

Titanic in Morse code is "- .. - .- -. .. -.-.". The Titanic sent both CQD and SOS in 1912. CQD was the older Marconi distress call — CQ plus D for distress — and SOS had been agreed only six years earlier. The sinking is often credited with popularising SOS, though it was already the official signal.

### How long does it take to send Titanic in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, Titanic takes about 3.1 seconds to send. That counts its 8 dots and 6 dashes plus the silences between them, timed by the PARIS standard, in which one unit, the length of a dot, is 60 milliseconds at that speed.

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