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Lowe standing at the tiller of Boat 14 with Collapsible D in tow. After reaching the water, Lowe ordered his lifeboat to be rowed about 150 yd (140 m) away from Titanic. When the ship foundered at around 2.20 AM, Lowe had begun to gather several lifeboats together. He wished to return to pick up survivors but had fears of being swamped by ...
Titanic Lifeboat No. 1 was a lifeboat from the steamship Titanic. It was the fifth boat launched to sea, over an hour after the liner collided with an iceberg and began sinking on 14 April 1912 . With a capacity of 40 people, it was launched with only 12 aboard, the fewest to escape in any one boat that night.
An experienced sailor, Lowe set up the lifeboat's mast and sail for better speed and maneuverability while searching for survivors, making it the only lifeboat to avail of sail power. [74] The boat rendezvoused with Carpathia at about 7:15 A.M. [45] Among the survivors in Lifeboat 14 were: Harold Godfrey Lowe (in charge)
The following is a full list [4] of known crew members who sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Included in this list are the nine-member Guarantee Group and the eight members of the ship's band, who were given passenger accommodations and treated as both passengers and crew.
When Fifth Officer Harold Lowe and six crewmen returned to the wreck site after the sinking with an empty lifeboat to pick up survivors, they rescued surviving passengers from Collapsible A, but left the three dead bodies in the boat: Thomson Beattie, a first-class passenger, and two crew members, a fireman and a seaman.
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Murdoch ordered Harold Lowe and Moody to inspect the starboard side lifeboats and to make sure their equipment was complete; he ordered Third Officer Herbert Pitman and Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall to do likewise with the port side lifeboats. [7] Titanic then sailed for Southampton to take on passengers. Moody's service as Sixth Officer earned ...
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