Hi Sam,
The lowering of Lifeboats No. 13 and 15 is a complicated affair.
No. 13 was lowered off the boat deck to A deck. First Officer Murdoch was seen going to port after ordering No. 13 down. When he returned he wasn't happy to see No. 13 still at A Deck, where crew members had been rounding up stragglers. He ordered No. 13 lowered immediately. It started down, only to stop when it encountered water venting out of the ship just below it. No. 13 sat above the torrent until the ship settled low enough in the ocean that the discharge was under water. But the water flowing out of the Titanic created its own current which swept No.13 back and under the path of No. 15.
No. 15 stayed on the boat deck after No. 13 left, and wasn't lowered to A Deck until No.13 left that deck, too. At no time were both boats at A Deck together. No. 15 collected some people on A deck, even though ship's personnel had scoured the decks looking for passengers for No. 13 and found hardly any. No. 15 then began its descent, eventually threatening to swamp No.13 beneath it.
At which point in the scenario do you see the boats lowered one minute apart?
The lowering of Lifeboats No. 13 and 15 is a complicated affair.
No. 13 was lowered off the boat deck to A deck. First Officer Murdoch was seen going to port after ordering No. 13 down. When he returned he wasn't happy to see No. 13 still at A Deck, where crew members had been rounding up stragglers. He ordered No. 13 lowered immediately. It started down, only to stop when it encountered water venting out of the ship just below it. No. 13 sat above the torrent until the ship settled low enough in the ocean that the discharge was under water. But the water flowing out of the Titanic created its own current which swept No.13 back and under the path of No. 15.
No. 15 stayed on the boat deck after No. 13 left, and wasn't lowered to A Deck until No.13 left that deck, too. At no time were both boats at A Deck together. No. 15 collected some people on A deck, even though ship's personnel had scoured the decks looking for passengers for No. 13 and found hardly any. No. 15 then began its descent, eventually threatening to swamp No.13 beneath it.
At which point in the scenario do you see the boats lowered one minute apart?