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Of the engineering crew, the trimmers were paid the least and had probably the worst job of the crew. The trimmers worked inside the coal bunkers located on top of and between the boilers. The trimmers used shovels and wheelbarrows to move coal around the bunker to keep the coal level, and to shovel the coal down the coal chute to the firemen ...
Coal trimmers bunkering the ocean liner Rotterdam in the port of Hoboken, New Jersey, about 1908. A coal trimmer or trimmer is a position within the engineering department of a coal-fired steamship that involves all coal handling duties. Their main task is to ensure that coal is evenly distributed within a ship to ensure it remains trim in the ...
Then the Titanic ' s Number 1 (forward) funnel broke free and hit the water, washing the collapsible further away from the sinking ship; it killed several people and closely missed Lightoller. [ 43 ] Lightoller climbed onto the boat and took charge, calming and organising the survivors (numbering around 30) on the overturned lifeboat. [ 44 ]
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered 38 years ago, on September 1, 1985. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
The front page reads: “Of the 903 members of the crew of the Titanic, only 210 have been saved. This means tragedy upon tragedy for Southampton, where the majority of the men lived, for by this ...
He saw Wilde and designer Thomas Andrews checking to make sure that the crew would close the watertight doors manually. [7] On the Titanic, Wilde reportedly wrote a letter to his sister at Cobh in which he mentioned that he had "a queer feeling about the ship". [8] On 14 April Wilde was relieved of Officer of the Watch at 6pm by Lightoller. [9]
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
On Titanic ' s sailing day, 10 April, Moody assisted, among other things, in aiding Fifth Officer Lowe in lowering two of the starboard lifeboats to satisfy the Board of Trade that Titanic met safety standards. He was also in charge of closing the last gangway, and most likely saved the lives of six crewmen who arrived too late to board by ...