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In particular, the number of crew from Merseyside is understated; for example, Chief Engineer Joseph Bell and Chief Steward Andrew Latimer lived with their families in the Liverpool area. Dr. Alan Scarth, in his book Titanic and Liverpool, identifies 115 crew members with close connections to the city, of whom only 28 survived. [9]
Evans remained out of any naval service until 1911 when Evans decided to join the Merchant Navy and was chosen to work at the Union-Castle Line within HMHS Tintagel Castle and the Ferneo and the Olympic of the White Star Line. Evans then signed up to become a crew member of the RMS Titanic on 6 April 1912 and was listed as being from Southampton.
Torsten Billman, a Swedish graphic artist, drawer, and mural painter – himself a coal trimmer and stoker on various merchant ships from 1926 to 1932 – has portrayed the hard work in coal bunkers and stokeholes. Frank Bailey, a Guyanese-British firefighter, was a coal trimmer.
Reginald Robinson Lee (19 May 1870 – 6 August 1913) was a British sailor who served as a lookout aboard the Titanic in April 1912. He was on duty with Frederick Fleet in the crow's nest when the ship collided with an iceberg at 23:40 on 14 April 1912; both Lee and Fleet survived the sinking.
Titanic received a series of warnings from other ships of drifting ice in the area of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, but Captain Smith ignored them. [152] One of the ships to warn Titanic was the Atlantic Line's Mesaba. [153] Nevertheless, Titanic continued to steam at full speed, which was standard practice at the time. [154]
RMS Titanic Inc. conducted a ninth expedition to the wreck site in July, 14 years after its last effort. The team took more than 2 million photos in a bid to document the ship's condition.
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 ...
Titanic sub victim’s wife reveals how crew spent their final moments. Monday 3 July 2023 08:47, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. A woman who lost both her husband and son in the Titan submersible implosion ...