
Arun Vajpey
Member
I have a slightly off beat question to which I want to form a mental picture of the answer. Would appreciate any help, thanks.
Between 01:40 am and about 01:50 am when Lifeboat #4 was finally lowered from A-deck, there would have been several people around the boat who were hoping for but failed to get places on board. During those 10 minutes, Emergency boat #2 was lowered at around 01:45 am and work towards fitting Collapsible D to the former's davits hurriedly started.
My question is, how much of this activity related to Collapsible D could the people around Lifeboat #4 see and hear? Although the two davits were adjacent, Lifeboat #4 had been lowered to A-deck and since its loading was taking place through those windows, would the uninformed passengers in the crowd have realized that there was another lifeboat nearby to be launched soon afterwards?
Between 01:40 am and about 01:50 am when Lifeboat #4 was finally lowered from A-deck, there would have been several people around the boat who were hoping for but failed to get places on board. During those 10 minutes, Emergency boat #2 was lowered at around 01:45 am and work towards fitting Collapsible D to the former's davits hurriedly started.
My question is, how much of this activity related to Collapsible D could the people around Lifeboat #4 see and hear? Although the two davits were adjacent, Lifeboat #4 had been lowered to A-deck and since its loading was taking place through those windows, would the uninformed passengers in the crowd have realized that there was another lifeboat nearby to be launched soon afterwards?