Absolutely Sam!
There is an unfortunate tendency in this particular instance for some people to be 'kind'.
If Captain Smith had survived the disaster - there is little doubt the public would have been calling for his head and rightly so.
As I have remarked elsewhere - he and and the 'hero' of this tale Captain Rostron; despite their combined marine experience, were the two least responsibly acting Captains directly associated with the saga. It also seems they had much in common as individuals in that each would have been very comfortable in front of a modern press and TV interview scrummage! I suspect they both had media 'image'. Perhaps I'm being 'unkind' if I say that Rostron and his band-waggon 2nd Mate were the 'winners'.(notwithstanding all those who were saved of course).
JimC.
There is an unfortunate tendency in this particular instance for some people to be 'kind'.
If Captain Smith had survived the disaster - there is little doubt the public would have been calling for his head and rightly so.
As I have remarked elsewhere - he and and the 'hero' of this tale Captain Rostron; despite their combined marine experience, were the two least responsibly acting Captains directly associated with the saga. It also seems they had much in common as individuals in that each would have been very comfortable in front of a modern press and TV interview scrummage! I suspect they both had media 'image'. Perhaps I'm being 'unkind' if I say that Rostron and his band-waggon 2nd Mate were the 'winners'.(notwithstanding all those who were saved of course).
JimC.