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Aaron_2016
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Do you believe the officers were following the correct procedure to allow the lifeboats to return to the ship? e.g. Did Lightoller order the gangway doors to be opened so as to allow the passengers to climb back into the ship once the lifeboats had returned? He thought the evacuation was just a precaution and they would be back at daylight. Was his mind primarily focused on how the passengers were supposed to get aboard the ship again at daylight?
3rd officer Pitman
"We then cast the boat off and pulled away some safe distance from the ship. It was not for an hour that I realized she would go, an hour after we got into the water. I quite thought we would have to return to the ship again, perhaps at daylight. My idea was that if any wind sprang up we should drift away from the ship and have a job to get back again."
Able Seaman Mr. Jones
Q - You thought the ship was unsinkable, did you?
A - Yes, sir; I thought so.
Q - Was that the view of the crew, generally?
A - Yes, sir.
Q - Did you think at that time it would be as safe to stay on the ship as to go in the boat?
A - I thought they were only sending us away for an hour or so, until they got squared up again.
Q - Until they got what?
A - Until they got her pumped out.
Mrs. Lucian P. Smith
"......and said good-by with the expectation of seeing them within the next hour or two."
What puzzles me is, a number of lifeboats had to be cut free as the apparatus had jammed, but if they were expecting to return to the ship again at daylight how were they going to be able to raise the lifeboats after being cut free? Was it a simple matter of reattaching the cut ropes to the lifeboats again?
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3rd officer Pitman
"We then cast the boat off and pulled away some safe distance from the ship. It was not for an hour that I realized she would go, an hour after we got into the water. I quite thought we would have to return to the ship again, perhaps at daylight. My idea was that if any wind sprang up we should drift away from the ship and have a job to get back again."
Able Seaman Mr. Jones
Q - You thought the ship was unsinkable, did you?
A - Yes, sir; I thought so.
Q - Was that the view of the crew, generally?
A - Yes, sir.
Q - Did you think at that time it would be as safe to stay on the ship as to go in the boat?
A - I thought they were only sending us away for an hour or so, until they got squared up again.
Q - Until they got what?
A - Until they got her pumped out.
Mrs. Lucian P. Smith
"......and said good-by with the expectation of seeing them within the next hour or two."
What puzzles me is, a number of lifeboats had to be cut free as the apparatus had jammed, but if they were expecting to return to the ship again at daylight how were they going to be able to raise the lifeboats after being cut free? Was it a simple matter of reattaching the cut ropes to the lifeboats again?
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