encyclopedia titanica

A SON of Dalbeattie could have prevented the worlds worst maritime disaster William Murdoch first officer on the illfated Titanic might have saved the unsinkable passenger liner had he taken immediate action when an iceberg was spotted Instead according to a new book Murdoch delayed for 30 seconds analysing information coming his way And that delay the researchers who wrote Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic A Centennial Reappraisal claim meant the ship was unable to avoid the collision that ended with more than 1500 people losing their lives