No, passengers were not issued a refund for the tickets. Survivors didn't get them, and relatives of people who died didn't get compensation. Some rich passengers died take the White Star Line to court for refunds and some did win, but there was no standard refund.
There was also no compensation for lost cargo and property, though there were some lawsuits for a select few.
In fact, some relatives of crew members who died were actually charged money- the White Star Line wanted them to pay for parts of the uniforms that were ruined when people died wearing them.
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The US Navy did not send any ships to rescue survivors. All survivors of the Titanic were recsued by the Carpathia, a passenger/cargo ship.
i suppose there was if you consider the survivors as eye witnesses .
The correct answer is: Cpt. Rostron (Carpathia) returned to New York with the Titanic survivors, as there were not enough resources on board to make it to Europe. Carpathiaarrived in New York on tuesday, April 18th.
It had a crew of 991. About 3,000 workers were employed by Harlan and Wolfe Belfast from 1909 to 1912 on the construction of the ship.
Carpathia already hod about seven hundred so she essentially doubled her ridership in about four hours.