General Chat

from substandard rivets,(allegedly) to next to useless water bulkheads.

it was, I gather, a rather large series of circumstances coming together to cause a tragedy,

Bob

As I understand it Bob - the rivets were at that time, up to spec., however in this day and age they would not be. Some 'popped' and the bulkheads did not fill in the sequence as they thought when designing the ship.. Plus Lord Ismay - less interference from him would have perhaps noted the iceberg warnings, stayed clear and perhaps dropped speed.

As it was, a tragic accident waiting to happen. All those lives.

Captain Smith was Master of that ship and as such his word should have been law but Ismay interfered non-stop and hindered his seamanship.

I thought you were fed up of hearing about the Titanic etc Chris? :-S

Edward John Smith captain of said ship was one of my OH's ancestors.

Island as I said when I posted this thread - the commercial side of it. McB one of my OH's close relatives died there also.

. . . . . but was Captain Edward John Smith the Master on that ship, Chris?

Wendy have re read that posting - badly put - have amended it!!!! Can see where I caused confusion! Put it down to age!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was trying to say that Ismay interfered so much that Capt. Smith was not in absolute control as he should have been - being the Master.

My grandmother (who died in 1968) maintained that Captain Smith of the Titanic was her uncle. I regret not asking her more about that, as now I have investigated our family history and the captain's and have not found any common ground. The captain's line died with his daughter's death in 1973, her two children having died childless, earlier.