Lifeboat Timelines

[Cal Haines]

What do we know for sure about the order in which the lifeboats were launched and the estimated times of each launching? I know several folks have spent quite a bit of time researching lifeboats and I thought that some consensus had been reached on the timeline. If so, where can I find the timeline(s)?

Thanks!

Cal

 

[George Behe]

Hi, Cal!

Bill Wormstedt's website contains the timeline that he, Tad Fitch and I compiled a couple of years ago. (Our reasoning and documentation are contained in our Commutator article on the same subject.)

http://home.att.net/~wormstedt/

All my best,

George

 

[Cal Haines]

Hi George!

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, I don't have the Commutator article. Is there any chance you guys could republish the article here?

I had forgotten that the BOT report had a table of launch times as well. (The note on Bill's web page reminded me about it.)

British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry - Report - Account of the Saving and Rescue of those who Survived - Boats.

Thanks!

Cal

 

[George Behe]

Hi, Cal!

Bill and I have talked about publishing a complete, unedited version of our article on the web, but we haven't made a final decision about it yet. (If we decide to go ahead and do so, though, we'll definitely announce it here on ET and on Mark Taylor's Titanic Discuss Mailing List.)

All my best,

George

 

[Bill Wormstedt]

Cal - if you have any specific questions about our timeline, just ask and either George or Tad or I can explain why we put things in a certain order. I'm sure if you did see the timeline at our site, you saw we did *not* agree with certain parts of the British Inquiry timeline.

 

[Cal Haines]

Bill - Thanks for the help. I was interested in #1 emergency boat. You pretty much agree with the launch time that the BOT has for that one, so that gets me over this hurdle, but I'm sure I'll have some questions later.

Thanks again,

Cal