What was the Ultimate Fate of Titanic's Captain? (Part 1) 

I do blame the Captain. He was responsible for the ship and all on it. He knew there was ice in it's path yet maintained a breakneck speed.

Could Smith of kept the engines running and made a run for the closest boat 9 miles away?!

@@charlenelayhew4811it was normal for that time

he probably was stunned and on disbelief. it was also his last voyage before retirement. once he got his wits about him he did all he could. I would say a night to remember is a good idea of how he acted. 97 was probably once almost all the boats were gone and 1500 people still on the ship and rescue still a couple hours away

@@Truecrimeresearcher224 Oh I'm sure he was stunned! He was a good captain though and would quickly have gotten over the shock and begun the task of evacuation. The movie however shows him bumbling about the whole sinking and letting the officers take charge.

@@SAOS451316 true but like I said odds are once the boats were gone he probably became like the movie especially knowing no rescue and 1500 lives still onboard

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I never took the movie seriously, I am sure he did what he could with the amount of time he had to save enough people. I can believe the guy was struggling with the stress and burden on his mind. You’re right on the character assassination, if people notice we aren’t 100% with the captain, mostly with Jack and Rose since it is their story. We don’t get to follow the captain around at all, just brief interactions.

They could learn so much from Rostron too.

Yeah, learn how not to do it. Danielle is right. Rostron was much better.

Oh that's easy. Only his death saved him from dishonor; almost akin to the Japanese and Seppuku. Had he survived he would most certainly have been shamed and derided. Society is cruel like that.

@@physetermacrocephalus2209 Despite whether he said he did the absolute best he could? That he was swept overboard in the final plunge and picked up in a passing lifeboat, keeping him warm enough to wait until Carpathia arrived?

Captain William Turner of the LUSITANIA survived the sinking . He testified at the inquest held by the British government . He was never really grilled about any negligence on his or his crew . This was because the hearings were a white wash intended to clear the government and Royal Navy of their inadequate safety measures. Some believe that the British government actually wanted to create international outrage ( the sinking of a passenger liner ) so that the United States would enter the war . The hearings also wanted to keep quiet the fact that the Lusitania was carrying munitions ( highly illegal under international law ) . Captain Turner retired from the Cunard line after the sinking . The sinking was no fault of the captain , as he never received warnings that a U boat was operating in the Irish sea and no RN escort vessels were sent to meet the ship ( very suspicious to me ) . One further item that may point to government collusion is that the wreck of the LUSITANIA ( laying in shallow water ) was used for DEPTH CHARGE practice by the RN , thus rendering the wreck a pile of rubble and unable to provide any evidence of an internal explosion caused by a SINGLE TORPEDO strike .

Interesting. If he survived, it would have been cruel luck. He would have been invaluable in the court of inquiry, the public court would be a little more vicious.

definitely. it was well known that captains go down with the ship.. he was in charge of the ship. he also would have had major survivors guilt considering 1500 went down

I totally agree with you, I can only add that the situation that night was far worse than you stated, especially on points 1 and 4: 1.They encountered the whole ice field, more than 100 km long in the N-S direction and several kilometers wide, not just one iceberg in the middle of nowhere. It was directly in their path. 4. Weather was unusually calm, the ocean was flat, so there was no surf at the base of the iceberg, caused by the wind, which would make it easier to see. And modern analysis points to false horizon, like mirage in the desert, caused by the temperature inversion, which made the iceberg virtually impossible to see, until it was too late. This phenomenon was actually observed by Frederick Fleet (the lookout in the crow's nest who spotted the iceberg), as some sort of "haze", but he had no idea what he was seeing... You might even call it "perfect storm", prepared by Mother Nature. In retrospective, they really had no chance against this situation...

Captain Smith also had a white beard that would’ve made recognition easy. Plus, his uniform, with four stripes of rank, would’ve been noted.

@@TorontoJediMaster True, but the body had only a shirt and briefs. No uniform and when I say mangled- I mean mangled. Like that scene from Elysium- with the dude messed up before revival

@@ranosian1135 Wouldn't the beard still be attached to his face?

@@iamhungey12345 Depends on how mangled the body was.

@@ranosian1135 If the guy is in his undergarments then how can they know that was an officer? That's another issue I have in mind there.

I am aware, slight error. Missed in editing. XD

@@HistoricTravels sam we need to talk this is important everything they are saying is not true I am 21 years old and I'm not making this up, I was born on October 8,2001, you got to believe me I'm not even underage. Pls unban me

@@historicproductions223 Something about this comment tells me, you aren't 21.

​@HistoricTravels I really enjoy your videos why was Charles lightoller relieved by William Murdoch

best guess on portholes nott many. it was really cold that night. odds are only a few if any the rockets I think it was proven they had colored ones and some were unused. I don't think they had the color needed for distress which I think was red

Several portholes were opened by passengers in 3rd class trying to spot the iceberg or find out what the collision was. In some cases these weren't closed again.

I read that entrance hatch on D-deck has been opened during the sinking in order to observe the evacuation process. however, it was left open, this can be seen on the wreck.

Also, Lightoller told one of the ship’s pursers to open the gangway door.

Very much so! There are "editors" that immediately delete anything added that doesn't fit into their vision. Sometimes delete ANYTHING (even if they agree with it) just because they don't want anyone but themselves to edit the content.

@@oldtwinsna8347 Anything on Wikipedia needs to be taken with a grain of salt, well maybe a couple of pounds of salt if it's about politics. lol

Indeed! I've heard that story, too.

He did die in the disaster. He never made it into a lifeboat and that water was too cold to hold up in for long.

I think officer lightoller wasn't doing a good job. however, regarding the situation, I understand why.

Unfortunately life sucks that way. People who did the right things, die before their time. While the screw ups get to live a full life.

Not that it makes up for Lightoller's mistakes, but he captained one of the little boats during Dunkirk, saving tens of Allied soldiers & allowing them to get across the Channel (he's based off the father in the film 'Dunkirk'). He was one of the few who were allowed to captain their own boats, most were commandeered by HMRN sailors.

Wouldn't sending the lifeboats away full help lighten the ship a little?

Lightoller is a very shady character! and for some reason no one cares of looking it up!

The Californian’s wireless operator had finished his shift and gone to bed, that is why his equipment was turned off for the night. He also did not feel offended by Phillips’ reply to his message, he said so when he testified at the inquiries.

@@Sarah0583 i guess i didn't know that until now.

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Hope you learn to love Arthur Henry Rostron too!

Exactly. He was partying and getting drunk w passengers that night.