Good day to you Mr. Homeier,
I have to disagree with that statement that society would give him a hard time, atleast the press for that matter. Thomas Andrews Jr was quite beloved by society before the disaster is the first point I would like to mentioned. The second one is, unlike Andrews, Mr. Ismay made a powerfull enemy in the past named William Randolph Hearst. Hearst used his influence to destroy Ismay his life with articles that blamed him for the sinking (among with the fact that he claimed that Ismay was in the first boat (lifeboat 7) to leave the ship, which we all know was not the case.), Andrews always remained friendly towards people and was pure of heart. Thirdly, both the inquiries did not blame Harland and Wolff in any way, among with the press as far I am away, and the final point, Andrews was not the chief designer of Harland and Wolff until July 1910, the chief designer of the Olympic class was the right honorable Alexander Carlisle (who retired due his health on the 30th of June 1910) and he had to sign with his signature that the Olympic class would have 20 lifeboats (14 30 feet lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people, 4 25 feet Engelhardt Collapsible boats with a capacity of 47 people and 2 25 feet Cutter lifeboats with a capacity of 40 people (1178 people in total)). Of-course he would feel guilty for the disaster without a doubt, I am not stating that he would not. But The Rt Hon. Alexander Carlisle was also not blamed for the disaster.
One other final thing I want to mention is that 1496 people are believed to have died during the sinking of the 2208 people onboard based on the research of the late historian Phil Gowan.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas