encyclopedia titanica

Book aims to clear great-grandfather of sinking Titanic
THE greatgranddaughter of the man who was at the helm of the Titanic when it sank has written a book she hopes will clear his name Quartermaster Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who sank the unsinkable ship He was at the wheel of the Titanic as she went to her doom and famously gave the hardastarboard command in a desperate attempt to steer away from the iceberg that would lead to the death of 1500 people on April 15 1912