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Message: [QUOTE="Paul Slish, post: 26224, member: 141195"] The Mount Temple question is a whole different issue than the Californian question. Men may have feared they would have lost their jobs if they spoke out against a Captain. I think the British Board of Trade should have taken a deposition from every member of the crew who claimed they had seen or heard anything unusual on the night of April 14/15 1912. After reviewing the depositions, the Board of Trade could have convened an Inquiry if the depositions merited further investigation. William H. Baker was a replacement officer on the Mount Temple on her voyage back to England from St. John, New Brunswick after the Titanic sinking. The Mount Temple was steaming from Antwerp, Belgium to St. John, New Brunswick when she responded and headed for the SOS position given by the Titanic. There is no reason to doubt that Baker talked to officers and other crew members on that return trip. After 95 years nothing can be followed up on, unless legitimate contemporary accounts from crew of the Mount Temple were discovered. [/QUOTE]