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Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ ˈ ɪ z m eɪ /; [1] 12 December 1862 [2] – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. [3] He was the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the 1912 sinking of the company's flagship RMS Titanic , for which he was widely criticized.
J. Bruce Ismay had not ordered Captain Smith to put on extra speed, but Ismay's presence on board may have contributed to the captain's decision to do so. Third-class passengers had not been prevented from reaching the lifeboats, but had in many cases not realised until it was too late that the ship was sinking. [25]
"White Star". Caricature by Lib published in Vanity Fair in 1894.. Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was an owner of the White Star Line.His son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the White Star Line and survived the sinking of its ocean liner RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912.
As had been arranged before Titanic sank, J. Bruce Ismay retired as president of IMM in 1913 and was succeeded by Harold Sanderson [24] Morgan died on 31 March 1913. [25] After the 1915–16 receivership, Sanderson was succeeded as president by Franklin, who had been the receiver.
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Smith also acknowledged this report, and showed it to White Star Line chairman J. Bruce Ismay, aboard Titanic for her maiden voyage. [23] Smith ordered a new course to be set, which would take the ship further south. [24] At 13:45, the German ship SS Amerika, which was a short distance to the south, reported she had "passed two large icebergs ...
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"When he put that gun to my head, all I could hear in my brain was, 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die.'" Lazar was asked why she thinks she survived that day. "By the grace of God," she said ...