captain smith

I started this separate thread because whether or not Captain Smith eventually posted the crucial ice-related MSG message from the Baltic on the notice board of the chart room of the Titanic is somewhat separate from to the ongoing discussion in another thread about Smith’s motives in giving the...

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place and is a bit too simple for the members on here to answer. I purchased a photo album from a house clearance dealer a while ago and when I looked through noticed photos of what looks to me like Captain Smith and RMS Olympic, but obviously I am not an...

Considering the various accounts from that fateful night, I am seeking to clarify the sequence of events regarding the communication of the ship's condition. According to Hemming, the ship was reported to have only about half an hour left before it would sink. This assessment aligns with the...

Is it known what the door placard/plate outside of Captain Smith's room said and looked like? Did it simply say "CAPTAINS QUARTERS" or was it a bit more personal? Did it have a design of some sort, or just plain? I'm looking for a picture or drawing of what it looked it, or perhaps even the...

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Hello, I wonder where it came from, I noticed some don't seem to view smith as a good captain or treat him as the sole responsible for the sinking (when it's more complicated than that). Did the 1997 movie contributed to the idea of smith kinda "not being there" during the sinking? I do think a...

I purchased this statue a numer of years ago. It is metal possibly bronze. It stands about 8 inches tall on a 3-1/2 inch diameter circular base. I have scoured the net, eBay, Etsy, and I have never seen another one. It looks like these were produced back in 1998, and sold. Does anybody know the...

I asked Windows CoPilot to draw a painting of Captain Smith, but sadly:

Hello, I am new to this board so please forgive me if I am not doing something right. I recently visited the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax Nova Scotia. In the Titanic display there was a picture of Captain Smith with the following text next to it: “Smith was about to retire...

First of all, sorry for my bad english. My question is, did Captain Smith in his long career come across an ice field so large that it blocked the Titanic's path? If so, what was your usual procedure in such a case? It seems that on the Titanic they did not know the extent of the ice field, only...

And how can a contemporary person work out that Captain Smith - or even someone else with a similar CV - was being promoted "above their abilities"? Walter Lord was born over 5 years after the Titanic disaster and so what he opined and wrote about was based on later research; while he was...

IT was the biggest ship in the world and one of the worst marine disasters of all time. And a sailor with a little-known link to the town has gone down in history as the man who sank the unsinkable. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/20625289.titanic-captain-edward-smith-married-warrington/

Hi all, I was wondering how jealous the other Captains of the era were of Capt. Smith? He was after all the "millionaire's captain" and rubbed elbows with the elites of finance and entertainment, made top dollar, and was a celebrity in his own right. I'd imagine a guy like Stanley Lord sailing...

Did anyone who attended the Widner's dinner party in honor of E.J. Smith, and then survived the sinking, leave any detailed accounts of the party? I'd love to find out at least a vague notion of what was talked about, what E.J. said, etc. Richard K.

Titanic Captain Edward John Smith pictured at a ship launch in c.1909... http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/rare-photograph-of-captain-smith-to-be-auctioned.html

I know that the captain's last home, 'Woodhead', 34 Winn Road, Highfield, Southampton was bombed and destroyed in WW2. An ugly block of flats stands on the site. Old threads indicate a photo exists of the house post-bombing. Can anyone point me in the direction of this image please? Also, do...

Here's a scenario for you: instead of Captain E.J Smith on Titanic on April 14th 1912 what if Captain Charles A Bartlett, aka Iceberg Charlie, was in charge instead? Would things that night have been different? Please feel free to give your opinions about this.

I looked and I have not seen this posted before. If it has, then, my apologies. i wonder why we see so few personal items that belonged to Captain Smith? Was his family extremely private? After a career of 40 years at sea, his family must've had quite a collection from his career. Is there a...

Hello, I'm a keen family history researcher and stumbled across a thread on another site suggesting that one of my family lines could be linked to Captain Smith. I've followed this through and think there is truth in it, but I've hit a brick wall in the final step trying to prove the link. Help...