evacuation

The actions and decisions of the Titanic Captain, Officers and crew that night might be judged in the context of previous sinkings, particularly the SS Arctic in 1854, which sank after a collision with another ship. Coincidentally, the Arctic was the luxury liner of its day which sank in...

In order to cram enough people into lifeboats, Royal Caribbean obtained a waiver to increase the maximum lifeboat capacity up to 370 people. These are enough for 6,660 people. However Oasis has a total maximum population of around 8,500 which means 1,850 people (in theory the crew) make do with...

Good evening everyone~ There were two occasions that I know of that were somewhat considered „humourous“ moments during the evacuation. One situation was when a corpulent passenger stumbled into a lifeboat and an officer said something like „this is the funniest thing I’ve seen tonight“ And...

Hello ladies and gentlemen, For my first post in 2022 I wanted to start a thread on a question I’ve been wondering after I’ve started to work on a timeline for a couple of friends of mine. After 12 o’clock sixth officer Moody assisted with the preparation of the lifeboats and assisted with...

This week marks the 80 year anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, which was an important event in the history of World War 2. The evacuation occured as Nazi Germany was invading France and evacuated troops were sent to Britain. Ultimately paved the way for how the rest of World War 2 turned...

Thomas Andrews knew early on that the ship was doomed. I am under the impression that he revealed this to Capt Smith, Ismay and Murdoch ect. While the other crew members were told to follow their orders and not ask questions. I could be wrong but I get the impression that from 12:00AM til...

What would have been the most likely cause of injuries for survivors during the evacuation or the rescue process?

Hello everyone, This will not be a thread directed to Titanic specifically, but one can quickly realise it's from a common related subject. So, I have found this video: It's a propaganda newsreel about the safety features of the Aquitania in the 1920's. In regard to the lifeboats, it claims...

Do you believe the crew accomplished a great deal during the evacuation and saved many lives, or do you believe they blundered and got many things wrong which cost lives? If you could balance the good and the bad, which would be greater? I think they did an incredible job in the time they had...

Did most of the 3rd class passengers use the wrong staircase? The 3rd class stairway only led to the aft well deck while the 2nd class stairway led to the boat deck. I understand most of them followed each other to the wrong staircase and were packed together on the well deck when the ship...

According to Colonel Gracie the cabins were locked to prevent looting. Was this a precautionary measure or was there a potential threat or a tip off that someone might try to loot the cabins while the evacuation was taking place? Were all cabins locked in First Class only? It appears the...

See: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/05/latvia.ship.ap/index.html The cruise ship MONA LISA hit a sand bar in the Irbe Strait between Latvia and Estonia's Saaremaa Island. About 1,000 passengers are being evacuated to naval vessels, as tugs were not able to free the ship. We...

Few would not have heard how thousands of foreign nationals are being evacuated from Lebanon during the latest crisis. Amongst those fleeing are 40,000 Canadians, 30,000 Filipinos, 25,000 Australians, 25,000 Americans, 22,000 British (inc 10,000 with dual-nationality) and 20,000 French...

In conjunction with the controversial "raft" thread ongoing, I would like to offer this photo from my collection as comic relief of sorts- possibly THE least dramatic image ever captured of rescue at sea, showing some extremely unconcerned passengers and crew being evacuated from the Clyde...

what would you do if you were an officer and you were told to get the lifeboats away?i would put 7 crew 6 oarsmen and 1 coxswain and as many woman and children as i can find (stewardeses,matrons,cashiers included)i would get them away with 65 even though they could hold 70 i heard i would just...

I thought I read somewhere that Lightoller and Murdoch somehow ended up with different policies. One said W&C first, the other said W&C ONLY. In fact, in the 1997 movie, you hear Lightoller offscreen say the latter. Where can I find a discussion or documentation of this discrepancy, and did...