Steve Gad
Member
Here’s something of a question I’ve given a lot of thought to, and in order to answer, you must completely suspend disbelief.
Supposing a wristwatch-sized “Time Machine” could be yours, and for the 3 hours, from 11:30 pm - 02:30am (14th-15th April 1912) you could literally be on the Titanic, from approx ten minutes before the collision, until ten minutes after the sinking. You wouldn’t be seen, nor would you in any way be able to interact, with either people or objects, and you wouldn’t be able to be harmed in any way. You wouldn’t be able to move, or change anything, nor speak to anyone. Your presence would go unnoticed. You would, however, be able to go anywhere on the ship - in real time - but strictly as an observer. At 02:30, you would find yourself back in the present.
Knowing what we know now, and to clear up any questions you may have about those three hours, where would you go during your visit. Who would you follow, as they went about their business? Would you go below at first, and see how the news of the collision was reported and received? Would you stay with E.J, to see precisely what he did, or would you go from officer to officer, to see how they handled? As we only have passenger and crew recollection to go on, would you go to the various passengers we have come to know so well, and perhaps see if some of the immortal phrases actually were uttered. I personally would begin on the bow, and check out the berg’s size, before dashing below to see the damage. I’d be in the mail room next, watching how the overriding sense of company duty had them filling sacks with mail. I’d go onto to bridge for a few minutes, then spend some time in the crow’s nest, listening to what Fleet and Lee had to say. No doubt that would be worth hearing! I’d spend the remainder at the lifeboats, making mental notes of loading sequence, times, capacity, etc. I won’t go into great detail, but I’d like very much for you to do so.
Being able to wander any part of the ship freely, I’d very much like you to give it some thought, and do a sort of time line of your own, for those three hours. I’m hoping we can collate any results, to ascertain the most popular points of interest for people, as the ship foundered.
Supposing a wristwatch-sized “Time Machine” could be yours, and for the 3 hours, from 11:30 pm - 02:30am (14th-15th April 1912) you could literally be on the Titanic, from approx ten minutes before the collision, until ten minutes after the sinking. You wouldn’t be seen, nor would you in any way be able to interact, with either people or objects, and you wouldn’t be able to be harmed in any way. You wouldn’t be able to move, or change anything, nor speak to anyone. Your presence would go unnoticed. You would, however, be able to go anywhere on the ship - in real time - but strictly as an observer. At 02:30, you would find yourself back in the present.
Knowing what we know now, and to clear up any questions you may have about those three hours, where would you go during your visit. Who would you follow, as they went about their business? Would you go below at first, and see how the news of the collision was reported and received? Would you stay with E.J, to see precisely what he did, or would you go from officer to officer, to see how they handled? As we only have passenger and crew recollection to go on, would you go to the various passengers we have come to know so well, and perhaps see if some of the immortal phrases actually were uttered. I personally would begin on the bow, and check out the berg’s size, before dashing below to see the damage. I’d be in the mail room next, watching how the overriding sense of company duty had them filling sacks with mail. I’d go onto to bridge for a few minutes, then spend some time in the crow’s nest, listening to what Fleet and Lee had to say. No doubt that would be worth hearing! I’d spend the remainder at the lifeboats, making mental notes of loading sequence, times, capacity, etc. I won’t go into great detail, but I’d like very much for you to do so.
Being able to wander any part of the ship freely, I’d very much like you to give it some thought, and do a sort of time line of your own, for those three hours. I’m hoping we can collate any results, to ascertain the most popular points of interest for people, as the ship foundered.
