david blair

Hello everyone, I wonder about the reshuffle among the officers, why David Blair needed to step down completely as an officer for the maiden voyage. If everyone had to step down one rank to make room for Wilde, why didn’t they just keep all the original senior officers as planned, and let...

The following link Gallantry medals of Dundee man 'who could have saved the Titanic' go under the hammer tells of the upcoming sale of David Blair’s gallantry medals. He was second officer on Titanic during sea trials and the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but famously was ‘bumped’ when...

Hi all, Does anyone know why David Blair is not currently (10 Feb 2020) listed as part of the Belfast to Southampton Delivery Crew? Capt. Haddock IS on the list, so I can't understand why Blair isn't. A lot of those listed have 'Delivery Crew Only' noted, so I expected to see his name there. LL

I am interested in the key that David Blair did not pass on when he left the Titanic in Southampton. The key that is being auctioned is what he reportedly kept as a souvenir. It has a tag "Crow's Nest Telephone Titanic" and I am puzzled that if this was the key to the telephone in the crow's...

Medals of war hero who may have unwittingly helped sink Titanic go up for auction - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

As I understand, Captain Smith wanted to bring in Henry T Wilde as his Chief Officer for the Titanic's maiden voyage and the resulting reshuffle meant temporary "demotion" for Murdoch to First Officer and Lightoller to Second Officer with David Blair making way and staying behind. I often wonder...

MAB note: The "J. Blair" referred to here, is in fact David Blair, who served as fourth, then third and finally second officer on Doric from 1902, according to his White Star officer record. The San Francisco Call, 22 June 1905 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection...

Blair, of Broughty Ferry, was originally named the second officer of the Titanic. He had been with the ship for experimental trips to test their seaworthiness of the ship and the final journey to his place of construction in Belfast. The White Star Line, however, decided that with the Titanic...

The David Blair key sold for £90,000 at auction on September 22. It sold to an anonymous telephone bidder. I hope he was buying just the key itself! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7008300.stm

Does anyone have information on which cabin Mr. Blair occupied? Was the cabin taken over by Mr. Lightoller when the change of Chief Officer forced a demotion in the top officers thus removing Mr. Blair from his position on board? If Mr. Blair's cabin was unoccupied, was it identified and...

As new research by Rosanne MacIntyre will reveal, Blair was no slouch when it came to physical action. Now that the December issue of the Irish Titanic Historical Society's White Star Journal has been published, Inger's unadorned reference in an earlier thread to Rosanne's research can...

As much as I admire and respect Lightoller, I wonder what David Blair would have done in his place as Second, and for that matter, Lightoller in Murdoch's place as first and Murdoch in Wilde's place as first. The most obvious difference, of course, is that poor Henry Wilde would have stood a...

Hello all, I've just noticed something quite interesting regarding Titanic's second officer who never was... In Stephen Cameron's "Titanic:Belfast's Own" (p.58), there is a copy of the crew's particulars of engagement. This document contains the signatures of the crewmen from the captain...

Hi, All! My husband has just asked me what ship David Blair was assigned to after he was bumped off the Titanic? I had no idea. Do any of you? Pat Winship

I have read from several different sources that David Blair knew where the lookouts binoculars were but never had the chance to tell anyone before he left the ship. Is this the truth or is it possible this is another subject that may have been stretched as many have said of Captain Smith's...