<a about="#mwt70" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"RMS","href":"./Template:RMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Republic"},"2":{"wt":"1903"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Republic_(1903)" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="RMS Republic (1903)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">RMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Republic</i></a>, a passenger ship of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Star_Line" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White Star Line">White Star Line</a>, becomes the first ship to use the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQD" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="CQD">CQD</a> distress signal after colliding with another ship, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Florida_(1905)" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Florida (1905)">SS <i id="mwsg">Florida</i></a>, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The <i id="mwsw">Republic</i> sinks the next day.