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The Attorney General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, presented the inquiry with a list of 26 key questions to be answered. When news of the disaster reached the UK government the responsibility for initiating an inquiry lay with the Board of Trade, the organisation responsible for British maritime regulations and whose inspectors had certified Titanic as seaworthy before her maiden voyage.
Though cleared of blame by the official British inquiry, Ismay never recovered from the Titanic disaster. Already emotionally repressed and insecure before his voyage on Titanic, [33] the tragedy sent him into a state of deep depression from which he never truly emerged. [34] He kept a low profile afterwards.
Richard Thomas Fry (November 23, 1872 - April 15, 1912) was the valet for J. Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line; Richard perished during the sinking of the RMS Titanic while Ismay survived. [1] [2] [3]
Through the American commission of inquiry devoted to the sinking, Senator William Alden Smith openly attacked the very principle of the company and Morgan. [23] As had been arranged before Titanic sank, J. Bruce Ismay retired as president of IMM in 1913 and was succeeded by Harold Sanderson [24] Morgan died on 31 March 1913. [25]
Senator William Alden Smith chaired the inquiry. The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 14–15, 1912 resulted in an inquiry by a subcommittee of the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate, chaired by Senator William Alden Smith. The hearings began in New York on April 19, 1912, later moving to Washington, D.C., concluding on May 25 ...
Then the Titanic ' s Number 1 (forward) funnel broke free and hit the water, washing the collapsible further away from the sinking ship; it killed several people and closely missed Lightoller. [ 43 ] Lightoller climbed onto the boat and took charge, calming and organising the survivors (numbering around 30) on the overturned lifeboat. [ 44 ]
James Cameron, director of the blockbuster Titanic and a deep-sea submersible designer himself, likened the Titan tragedy in which five people died this week to the sinking of the ill-fated ocean ...
Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, British soldier and Chief of Staff during World War II; J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line and survivor of the Titanic disaster; Thomas Henry Ismay, father of Bruce, and founder of White Star Line; Stanley Ismay, British civil servant and judge in British India