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Message: [QUOTE="L. Marmaduke Collins, post: 58607, member: 141786"] A more careful perusal of ET article “Keeping track of a maiden voyage” shows that the course and distance from off the Old Head of Kinsale to departure off Fastnet are inaccurate, and in fact puts Titanic on a course for a grounding on Fastnet Rock. The correct course is 252° distance 42 miles , making the departure off Fastnet 51° 20' N, 9° 36'W . Consequently, the noon positions calculated for April 12th , 13th and 14th are inaccurate. On the basis of the Memorandum, purported to be of 3/Officer Pitman, the noon position April 14, 1912 is 43° 04.7'N, 44° 26'W, 131 nautical miles ( not the fudged 126.1 nm) 060.40°from the corner 42° N/47° W. From the noon 13th position to noon 14th position the course is calculated as 242° T ,and at noon 14th the course is altered 1° (one degree) to port for course 241° T. This is a contradiction of the evidence of QM Rowe who stated in evidence that up to the time of 5: 45 PM April 14th the course was S 85° W by the steering compass ( 242° T) 5:45 PM 14th the course was altered to N 71° W by steering compass (266°T) Steering 242° T from noon 13th position to 5:45 P.M. April 14th would put Titanic’s alter course position at 42° 05'N, 46° 57.8'W.(5 miles north of the Corner) A course of 266° T from this position would put Titanic on a track 24 nautical miles north of Nantucket LV. Do the practical navigational calculations! [/QUOTE]