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Edward John Smith RD RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British sea captain and naval officer. In 1880, he joined the White Star Line as an officer, beginning a long career in the British Merchant Navy.
Captain Francis Bateman had overseen the full evacuation and is reported as shouting his last words demanding an inquiry as to why he was ordered out to sea after reaching safe channel. He then jumped overboard going down with his ship. Both ships were torpedoed by the same German U-boat, SM UC-34, within less than thirty minutes.
Herbert James Haddock CB [1] (27 January 1861 – 4 October 1946 [1]) was a British [2] naval reserve officer [3] and ship's captain, and was best known as the captain of the RMS Olympic at the time of the sinking of the Titanic. [4]
Ismay occasionally accompanied his ships on their maiden voyages, and this was the case with that of the Titanic. [4] Ismay boarded in Southampton. During the voyage, Ismay talked with either (or possibly both) chief engineer Joseph Bell or Captain Edward J. Smith about a possible test of speed if time permitted. [17]
William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 [1] – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg, and was amongst the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. [2]
Captain Edward Smith (R), commodore of the White Star Line, had many decades of experience before setting sail on the RMS Titanic. The British naval officer, seen here posing near the Captain's ...
The mother of a teenager who died in the Titan submersible has shared the last words she exhanged with her son. Suleman Dawood, 19, and his father Shahzada Dawood, died on board the submarine ...
Phillips began sending out the distress signal, code CQD, while Bride took messages to Captain Smith about which ships were coming to Titanic ' s assistance. At one point, Bride half-jokingly told Phillips that the new call was SOS and said, "Send S.O.S., it's the new call, and it may be your last chance to send it."