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The Ultimate Fate of Titanic's Captain! (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2022
- In this video we conclude the story of Captain Smith and his actions onboard the RMS Titanic on the night the ship sank.
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I believe, deep down, Captain Smith did all he could possibly do to help. Put yourself in his shoes, he knows the Titanics fate, nobody can reach the ship in time, many lives will perish, and to be honest, he probably knew his own life was about to end, so, in my opinion, it's understandable if Captain Smith did "zone out" and lose focus, I can't imagine what it must have been like...
Exactly. Realizing not just those people are going to die but me too is a tough one.
Plus, the fact that it was supposed to be his last journey before retire
He is to blame for the disaster. He was warned about speeding the ship through iceberg zones and he didn’t give a damn.
@@BLTKellys Well yea what you're saying is probably true. After all the peer pressure from others to make headlines of the titanic for a faster journey is quite tempting. But then again he was the one to blame for the collision. He didn't have to die. He could have got on the lifeboat without question that the crew members will let him on board but chose not too and go down with the ship.
@@jessicasa211 he should have saved himself and taken responsibility for the tragedy. It was his fault and evaded responsibility by dying.
Rockets going off at 12-1 am would be a huge indicator of distress.
I did not know he used the megaphone to try and call some of the lifeboats back. That must have been soul crushing, knowing the responsibility on his shoulders and he's trying to get the others to save as many people as possible, but nobody complies. I can't imagine how angry, frustrated and desperate of a situation that must have been. While in the chaos of the situation, I doubt it was easy to hear him, it is a haunting picture.
Wow you made your RUclips account in 2006 that’s og asf
Captain Smith was Captain of the RMS Olympic, which had no enclosed A deck Promenade. He was talked out of retirement to take Titanic out on her maiden voyage. I had heard unofficial reports that he was swimming in the water trying to get people onto boats and floating wreckage. This is more of Andrews than I'd heard before. Thank you.
This guy would make a great history teacher
To Captain Smith. A true hero and captain
Captain Smith really shouldn't be criticized by people. He did everything he could to save as many people as possible (which many people don't seem to understand). He went down with his ship like a true Captain. RIP Smith, you'll never be forgotten.
Anyways, great video as always and can't wait to see what's next.
While I have heard that he already had a record of being in charge of previous ships that had been in major accidents, I have to also agree that the titanic sinking was not entirely his fault. A number of things had to go wrong to cause the sinking. The binoculars for the crow's nest being in a locked box and the key being in the hands of another crew member's possession when his ordered changed last minute comes to mind. There should have been multiple sets of keys and the crew member shouldn't have taken the key with him, but this was an accident I've heard. Then you have the laws of the time not requiring a vessel to have enough life boats for the entire number of passengers being a factor. And Then you also have to considered the "so called "water tight" bulk heads were not water tight at the top; so if enough compartments filled with water, as in the accident, the water could slowly spill over from one compartment to the next as the weight of the water pulled the vessel further under the cold waters.
He had a breakdown,he didn’t even check the lifeboats were being filled as women and children first,see Lightoller who denied so much life by misinterpreting orders and wasn’t corrected nor did he correct them himself,neither are heroes in my eyes !
@@shanet5604 Captain Smith knew he was about to die. He knew the situation and he knew he was about to be at the bottom of the ocean in about an hour. I don't think everything he did was perfect but he tried knowing full well that this was his last night on earth and a icy death was waiting for him. I will always respect him and anyone that tried to help on that awful night. May they rest well.
@@RCButterfly I've heard theories that the binoculars really didn't make that much difference, and I can see why.
Really the best way to look out for something is with the naked eye so you have your full peripheral vision. When using binoculars, you are then looking at things through a tunnel vision line of sight.
Binoculars really aren't that good for finding things due to this reasons. What binoculars are good for is once you spot something with the naked eye, you can zoom in on it with binoculars and get a close look at it.
So for example you are in a ships crows nest, and lets say you see another ship in the distance with the naked eye. You can then lift up your binoculars, get a closer look at the other ship, and maybe even pick out it's name or such. That's what binoculars is good for. But actually finding that other ship looking though a binoculars tunnel vision would actually be a lot harder then finding the other ship with just the naked eye.
So if we consider this even even if the crew had binoculars, without any indication of there being something ahead of them that they needed to look at, would the crew even be using them? I think most likely they would not. And when the iceberg did come into view, well it's not like it's anything the crew needed to get a closer look at, it's a iceberg, you know what it is when you spot.
If it was a clear day and the lookouts spotted a white spec way off in the distance. Lookout 1 goes "hey what's that?" and lookout 2 raises his binoculars, and more clearly see's it's a iceberg and says "iceberg ahead". Then, binoculars may of been of some use. But in my opinion in the conditions Titanic was in that night, I think binoculars would of frankly made no difference at all. You don't use binoculars until you spot something, and by the time the lookouts spotted the iceberg that night it was already to close to avoid it.
@@tycobrenton4792 Come on,he didn’t do shit ! It was his fault,he went to bed while they entered an ice region,same as Air France 447,disassociated himself with responsibility,then became a lame mule,had he lived he’d have been lambasted like Ismay….
We have to put some things to consideration. The stress, the realization that he as well was going to die. And also the fact it was the middle of the night. He woke up after the collision after going to bed about an hour and a half prior. Not only was he stressed, I’d imagine he like everyone else was “dead” tired. (No pun intended)
Everyone likes to think that they would have a clear head and act logically if they were in a situation like this. The truth of the matter is that no one knows how they would act in a life and death situation unless it happens to them. Will you just stare off into space? Will you panic and act dangerously? Or will you be a hero and save lots of lives? It might depend on the mental state you are in when it happens. Some people may have training that will kick in without them thinking about it. Let's just hope none of us ever have to find out.
It's called hind sight. It's always 20-20.
It would not have been that difficult to closely monitor the loading of the lifeboats. It was done carelessly and haphazardly.
Makes me thank God I've been on the brink of death and still functioned relatively well. But yeah you're right it's like getting punched you don't know how to react lol
I worked in a high risk mental health/addictions job and have been in multiple life or death situations: You won’t necessarily react the same way in every emergency.
I have run IMMEDIATELY without a second of conscious thought when a client came running at me to attack me (she was in a psychotic episode it wasn’t her fault), I’ve fought with police when they wouldn’t look for a client that was in danger 🙄 which was definitely the adrenaline because generally I hate confrontation. Most of the time my brain did the “hyper rational weirdly calm” thing, but I think sometimes the brain chooses what it thinks you need for that situation.
Personally I am not as prone to the freeze response but everyone is different. I wouldn’t be surprised if captain smith was in shock 😔 it can be such an overwhelming feeling to have people in your care and no way to keep them safe.
One time we had to do a full lockdown because a client had saved up his HIV+ needles and was trying to stab people with them. We locked all the clients in their rooms and had to lock ourselves in the office, but I felt TERRIBLE knowing I wasn’t out there physically standing between my clients and a threat.
I have no idea how I would have reacted in his shoes. Where I worked, we always had police, the ambulance, firefights on their way when things got bad (God bless the panic button).
I don’t know what I would have done if the situation had no hope. I
You can say that again though one should note this should not be used as an excuse to pull a Schettino or Jun-seok. You know what they did.
From what I have heard and read it took the Californian over 2hrs to reach the Titanic's sinking position. There is also talk about other ships being in the area where the Titanic was. Captain Smith was a hero. It's a shame that we don't really know what happened to him if he did go down with the Titanic or if he did jump. More mysteries from Tianic. What a beauty she was.
There were other ships in the area. SS Mount Temple and SS Parisian were both approximately as far from Titanic as Californian. The issue for them was they were also stopped, and on the other side of the ice field from Titanic.
U talk about "Samson"?
@@Occultist_ yes.
A story about the California's Captain and crew after the news would be interesting.
This was another well made video.
I've often wondered what became of the officers on that ship. There is a very good re-enactment on RUclips somewhere of the trial of the California's officers. The courtroom scenes are taken directly from the transcripts while the scenes outside are supposition. Well worth a look.
@@trainstrains1 I will have to look for it, I should think it had to be hard to know that you could have made a difference in the death toll but did nothing to help.
But if they did help the ship would have sunk with little remembrance since the loss of life wouldn't have been so great a tragedy.
@@harrysweeten9417 Well, while they didn't know it at the time, they wouldn't have been able to help anyway. They would've reached the lifeboats a bit sooner but even under perfect(and thus unlikely) circumstances the Californian might have been able to watch the last minutes of the Titanic floundering.
@@AdmiralBlackstar True but not everyone in the water died immediately and they could have saved some of them, but we will never know.
@@harrysweeten9417 That would be unlikely. With the time it would take to get any rescue effort underway, assessing the situation, launching boats, lowering nets, etc. a good number of those people would have been as good as dead. And that's IF they'd gotten there as fast as possible. I doubt they'd save more than a dozen or so extra souls under the best of cases.
I think one of the most underrated moments in Cameron’s film is when Captain Smith shouts “4 hours?!”
It’s a great day when a new Historic Travels upload! Sam, I hope you’d consider a RMS Mauretania timeline after doing so for her famous sister
Completely agree with your assessment of Captain Smith, Sam. He was definitely a hero.
Wonderful video as always!
A full video about 5th Officer Lowe would be awesome! He seems to have one of the most interesting stories of all the crew, from being initially forgotten about to going back for swimmers to actually sailing his lifeboat around.
It’s a shame that there’s not much evidence of the Captain’s whereabouts between 12.45 - 1.55am but I can imagine he must’ve worked hard to support his officers despite feeling overwhelmed and in disbelief.
If he would have survived, he and some of the crew (including Murdoch) would have been sacked. But I feel so sorry for him. As for the man in the water who was talking to the men on Collapsible B is true. There was another story about the Captain saving a baby from the water before handing it over to some passengers before crying “Be British”. This version is a piece of propaganda and it’s not true.
Great two part videos, Sam. Really enjoyed them and I cannot wait to hear more stories from the crew 🙂
well the other flipside is he was incharge of the olympic when it got rammed by the royal cruiser, although to be fair, I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if that idiot lightower was at the controls somehow that time.
@@kavinskysmith4094 😦😦😦
I think a presentation on the story of the Carpathia's journey to rescue the Titanic's survivors would be very interesting too. They had left New York City bound for Trieste, Italy and during their journey on the night of the Titanic's sinking, Captain Arthur Henry Rostron was sound asleep and retired for the night, but once he was awakened and informed about the distress call they had received from the Titanic, he immediately sprang into action, had the rest of the crew awakened, and gave orders to turn the Carpathia around and head for the Titanic in order to save them. The passengers of the Carpathia even gave in to helping the crew prepare plenty of warm clothes, blankets, and hot food for the Titanic's survivors once they were informed of what was going on and selflessly gave up their beds for them.
12:45 i think thats maybe "reading a bit too much into it" u know. In my opinion, and with the context from the olympic, that would be a completely reasoble mistake, even without a disaster going on, for someone just to - make. You could maybe sometime make a 'what if' video on the scenario that captain smith had survived the disaster (on collapsible B perhaps?), it is an interesting topic to think of - of what would have happened to him, knowing what happened ismay, how much worse had it been for T H E C A P T A I N. This was a great video btw!
Captain Smith was much more familiar with Olympic and this being his first real Titanic voyage he just overlooked the fact that they had enclosed that deck. Simple mistake not shell-shock.
Love him or hate him, he never ran away from his duties that night.
he didn't do his duties. lifeboats in total were 59% of total capacity. 80% would have been closer to hero passmark.
Captain E.J. Smith was a very brave man despite, being very overwhelmed, I believe that he did everything in his power to save the passengers on the Titanic.
No matter how many years your at sea, something like this would put any captain in shock.
Thank you for your story on Captain Smith. I really enjoyed it. A night to remember is one of my favorite movies. I saw part one of Captain Smith. I do believe that he did everything could .
The cold water mirage makes it possible to see ships that are actually beyond the horizon. Based on the time it took _Californian_ to sail to the site of the sinking, she was likely at least 15 miles away. That distance and the fact that she was stopped in pack ice and had idled her boilers makes it unlikely that _Californian_ could have arrived in time to make a material difference. As it was, upon learning of the _Titanic_ sinking it took _Californian_ about 90 minutes to arrive at the site. To save more lives would have required unloading passengers from the lifeboats and sending them back to _Titanic_ … and then facing the problem of how to get any more people into those lifeboats. Titanic sank far too quickly - she barely managed to launch all her boats as it was. We know the difficulties in getting the passengers off those boats onto _Carpathia_ . The probability of unloading boats and returning quickly enough to recover people out of the water in time to save them seems extremely low. At best _Californian_ might have arrived soon enough to save some few from the water using her own boats…but even that seems doubtful given the water temperature that dreadful night.
Had Californian arrived in time to help, she likely would’ve launched her own boats to start plucking people out of the water, as well as creeped up as close as possible and dropped nets over her side (assuming she had some present). True, it took Californian about 90 minutes to arrive on scene after she learned what had happened, but that was after daybreak. Her crew knew she was surrounded by ice, and would’ve had to move slowly had she been aware that Titanic was sinking as it was happening.
water temp was 28 degrees, average time in water was 15 min before hyperthermia overwhelmed people in the water. anyone in water was doomed
Californian had kept steam up in her boilers in case the ship had to get underway quickly during the night. The ninety minutes was the time to steam THROUGH the icefield to the reported position (which was thirteen miles to the west). If she had turned on her radio after seeing the rockets, she would have noticed that Titanic was almost due south of her (essentially discovering the error in reported longitude). She could have sailed straight down without crossing the ice field. Californian probably would have arrived before the sinking. Even if she'd only rescued people from that water with her own boats, that's better than rescuing nobody.
As far as the Californian..... I think most of the blame is just the attempt that could have happened. We have hindsight and can say they probably wouldn't have made it. They didn't know that. Also there was some mixed stories with the crew as far as the inquiry and questions about their scrap logs
Or the earth is flat?
A film about Edward Smith's whole life would be interesting.
This made me get to know a little more of Capt Smith for what he is, differing from what Cameron's film depicts. He has done the best he could. I feel that it's probably he who didn't get on the lifeboat and just swim away. The way he says it, it's likely what a ship captain would do.
Thank you for this amazing series on Captain Smith. Very well presented & researched. Certainly sheds new light on a man, who up til now, was viewed negatively. Clearly he did the best he could in limited time & impossible conditions. Certainly changes the way I now appreciate him. How easy it is to misunderstand people when you don't know them or the circumstances. RIP Captain Smith.Have always heard this was supposed to be his final voyage & was retiring afterward.
Fun fact it's September 1 and in 1985 is when they found the titanic
The confusion with the Olympic makes a lot of sense, Captain Smith was used to sailing her, I never really thought of that. Thank you my friend for this video, as always, it shows your respect for Captain Smith, he will never be forgotten.
I just subscribed. Enjoyed both parts and look forward seeing more. You have a great storytelling talent. Any stories from survivors of the lower decks?
There's really no telling whether or not the Californian could have made it to the Titanic in time to save everyone. They were stopped in the middle of the ice field. It takes time to get everything back up and running again, and then they would have had to navigate that ice field to get there all within about an hour or so. I do think they should have at least woken up their radio guy to see if they could get more info - but even if they had, I think the chances of them getting there were still pretty slim.
they might have gotten there with time to get the people in the water
@@Truecrimeresearcher224 It would have taken the Californian hours just to get to the Titanic's position, but that's the thing. The Titanic's wire-less operator gave the wrong location, so the Californian would have arrived to the wrong location, most likely hours after the Titanic went down. If you were in the water that night, you'd survive 30 minutes top, so it's highly unlikely they would have saved any additional lives.
Titanic could be seen from Californian - they saw the rockets, they saw the ship stop. They just didnt know what they were looking at and didn't bother to find out until after 5 in the morning. They were stopped in steam: Capt. Lord could have had engines immediately if he had ordered them to move. The only wildcard is how thick the ice was between the two ships.
@@tgant2000 Thick enough to be a literal field of ice.
There was a mirage effect . The Californian looked closer and also witness on the Californian saw the Titanic sailing away. As the temperature changed it made the effect less gradual.
Absolutely wonderful video Sam! Loved it and I agree Captain Smith was a hero. Thanks
I heard an account that Thomas Andrews was last seen throwing deckchairs overboard for people to use as floats.
Captain Smith did all he could to help his staff with all the passengers. You could see it in his eyes. It was Titanic's last maiden voyage if it made it to New York. Cpt. Smith died a hero, brave man. R.I.P Captain Smith
Thank you for this series. I’ve always felt so bad for Captain Smith. He lost just as much as every other victim, except he also carried a lot of guilt and stress with him that night/morning. He went down with the ship like a hero, and he fought to the end. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much he, nor anyone, could do. May God give him peace on the other side
This new headset I thought sounded like crap till I heard the intro. Lol
Great video. I fell in love with Titanic in 1989. Damn I’m old.
Sam, your channel has gave back the interest of maritime history, especially Titanic for me. I'm really interested in your videos and this video was absolutely great. Love learning more about the Titanic. Thanks for the videos!
Its hard to criticize anyone in this situation. Being faced with a cold dark brutal death will make anyone lose their mind. I would love a similar video on Jack Phillips. Great stuff as always.
I already made a video on them, check description.
@@HistoricTravels Right I remember that video. I sorry I meant more of a deep dive on the deteriorating mental health of Phillips. You touched on it in a recent stream and I thought it would make a compelling video.
@@tycobrenton4792 ah got it, thanks! Good idea
@@HistoricTravels could you perhaps do a video about John Jacob Astor
I can't imagine the level of guilt felt by those on the SS California upon finding out the ship they saw the night before had sunk, killing several thousand people. Even if they had made all legal efforts required and possibly every ethical effort they could think of, it has to be the most devastating feeling to know you could have saved the day had you only known. This feeling of guilt and horror had to pale in comparison to how Captain Smith felt as the sinking progressed.
If I recall capt lord eventually committed suicide. Over the guilt
@@seanscrivens Don’t think so,he just died a broken man…
@@shanet5604 sad he allowed himself to die very slowly he could not live with his guilty
The only thing the crew of Californian could’ve done better was wake the wireless operator. But that’s a big subjective, they didn’t know the ship they were seeing was sinking, nor did they actually have a need to contact the ship.
Killed over 1000 people not thousands. And I'm sure they felt guilty but ultimately there wasn't much they could have done considering they also were surrounded by ice
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Sam, I've been waiting for this one, finally, wouldn't be something if Capt Smith would have survived. Yes, I also believe he was a hero. Thanks.
One of the best portrayals of Captain Smith was by Laurance Naismith in the British film "A Night to Remember".
Another superb portrayal of Captain Smith was by William Parry in the musical "Titanic" at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC back in 1999. I was there for the performance. William Parry received a standing ovation.
Although there are scenes from A Night to Remember in this video, I'd love to see a review of the film by Sam. It's got some accuracies the Cameron film did not, and even had the radio operators accurately depicted--down the the attempt by a passenger to steal the lifejacket!
I just can't believe they didn't wake up their wireless operator to find out what was going on.
Great upload sam. I know every time Im not feeling myself or just need something Titanic related i can always count on an upload from Historic Travels.
I never heard this part of the story of Captain Smith jumping overboard. I only ever heard that the last anyone saw him was on the bridge and that was that. been obsessed with the titanic since I was a kid I never heard the captain and Mr. Andrews jumping overboard.
The story of the men on Collapsible B concerning Captain Smith could be true, though, of course, we'll never know for sure. Captain Smith and Mr. Andrews went into the water at about 2:12am, and the Titanic went down at 2:20am, just 8 minutes later. The life expectancy of the people who went into the water ranged from 15 to 45 minutes at the very most. Depending on what time the events at Collapsible B took place, it could theoretically have been Captain Smith that they spoke to in those moments.
Great video! Thanks so much for sharing! :)
Excellent videos. Nice to watch and learn from despite the immense loss of lives. At least the sinking of the Titanic brought about major changes to the quantity of lifeboats required (Enough room for EVERYONE) and the manning of the wireless radio 24/7. As horrible as it was, at least these souls didn't die in vain!!
I have always wondered if Titania debris even washed ashore somewhere? I’ve done a lot of searching and can’t find much info on it. I mean it had to float somewhere. Just think, parts of the grand staircase could be buried on shore somewhere. That would be a hell of a find!
Very interesting I thought he drowned in the bridge
Yep cannot imagine any human not being overwhelmed knowing half of your passengers would die within an hour or so...on your last cruise before retirement.
I’ve begun to binge watch this channel at an unhealthy level
I thoroughly enjoy your presentations of the ill-fated Titanic. I have a driver that often picked me up to take me to doctor's or shopping. His great great uncle Colonel Archibald Butt who went down with the Titanic. I have always been a Titanic enthusiast since I was a little boy. While living in Southwest Florida I had a boat docked at a marina where the descendants and family of Isidore and Ida Strauss lived, as we know to that they went down with the Titanic as well. I do appreciate your enthusiastic program regarding this illustrated ship that sank so long ago that still captures and holds our imaginations of that very night to remember.
There's another story that's believed to be true where apparently Captain Smith helped a woman and her child into a Lifeboat his last words to them were "good luck and god bless you" he then returned to the bridge following the story from the video I assume it's from that point where he went into the water and whatever happened happened
He may have made the window mistake due to the difference in the windows from the Olympic and Titanic. If I remember correctly, he captained the Olympic and its other predecessors for a few voyages, and may have been more used to that design (wider windows, differently spaced cabins, etc). The Titanic A dock windows were made more narrow, and likely unable to even be opened, unlike those on Olympic. It was also stuffed more to include more first class cabins, limiting window space and / or escape window room, which may (not sure on this) been used in earlier ship designs for lifeboat escape.
Thing is, Titanic was supposed to be its own lifeboat, so that worry was on the bottom of the list when it came to Titanics design. If they didnt fuck up the bulkheads to make the decks more extravagant or fit more cabins, it may have been able to be saved.
Just a thought I had. Been enjoying the video series. Keep it up, bud.
Nvm, just thought of the open deck on the Olympic. Throws my theory off a bit lol I shall take the L.
After a rough week this is what I’ve been looking forward to watching. Thanks for the content man. You do a stellar job. Every time. Relatively new subscriber, so I think I’ve got some vids to catch up on. Thumbs up to you!
I would be probably the first person to defend Captain Smith. He has my respect.
I don’t respect him. He was warned about icebergs for days before the disaster. He chose to have the ship speed through iceberg zones and as a result thousands of people died.
@@BLTKellys
Those who weren’t around for 1912 nor have bothered to do research shouldn’t be throwing stones.
What I could never understand, is why they did not throw anything that could float overboard before the boat wevt down. Tables, deck chairs, doors, anything that could keep some people out of the water. There was that one Chinese man who survived on a table, so it was doable. I mean, there must ha been hundreds of tables and doors on the upper decks. Even deck planks would do. Any thoughts? Loved the video!
Dr. Paul Lee goes into great depth and explanation about the Californian in his book The Titanic and the Indifferent Stranger. If there is any confusion still there about Californian, any questions are answered perfectly in Dr. Lee's book.
This definitely gives a different perspective of the way he handled the problem.
Amazing also are you gonna do a series or a video of the SS arctic
very sad to hear the story of captain Smith, he was a truly brave person.
He was not brave. He was told over and over again not to speed the ship through iceberg zones and he didn’t care. His arrogance is why so many died that night.
Thanks for creating this content. I love history and yours is one of my favorite channels!
I tend to agree with you about Capt. Smith. From all that I have read, I believe that he played his role strenuously and heroically. The one exchange (between him and Lightoller) in which Smith evinced apparent (I stress "apparent"), abstraction, was when Lightoller burst in on him asking for permission to lower the lifeboats. At that point I think that Smith was simply absorbed in other matters -- in particular, in establishing communication with the mystery ship. He was totally focused on THAT job. It was not his responsibility to lower life boats. That was the responsibility of the senior officers. I don't think that the conversation about the windows on A-deck is relevant. Smith had been in charge of the Olympic for some time before he took over the Titanic, and on the Olympic the A-deck forward windows were not enclosed as on the Titanic. It was a perfectly natural mistake that anyone could have made, whether in an emergency or not. I do not believe that that confusion betokens any mental abstraction on Smith's part.
Yet another in depth analysis, BROVO! Personally, I remember reading about an interview with Smith before the voyage that consumed him; he was saying that he had never run into any trouble at all in his entire career - never being shipwrecked...etc. Must have been before the Hawke thing with the Olympic.
Anyway, here is a guy who ran away to sea at a young age during the age of sail. These were not delicate men; pantywaists, they were hardened by the struggles of sail and sea. But remember, he was supposed to retire when they got back to Southampton, and the ridicules situation Ismay, White Star and the Board of Trade put him in at the end...the VERY END of his career must have stunned his thought process.
Imagine you are the pilot of a 747 and the wing comes off. Nothing you can do and the people who paid good money to have you protect them are going to die - through no fault of your own. That is what he was enduring.
And I agree with you on what Captain Lord could have done, but remember, Wireless was relatively new and most seamen were used making due without it. Point being - Bride and Harold worked for Marconi and not WSL. The navigation tips they got from other ships were just so much good fortune. So, don't be too hard on Captain Lord.
God just wrote us a morality play with the Titanic. How puny we are and silly to think we are infallible.
God is a figment of your imagination. Grow up!
Thank you for doing all this work for us. I was always into the story of the Titanic. Hats off for all the Crew members and Captain Smith.
And you are right, As the captain of the California i would at least check the distress calls. Maybe heading their direction. But who am i to say
Great Video. Would also be really interested in the complete story of Joseph Bell.
We'll I definitely think he died like a lot of others did.. The majority of the bodies were never recovered. A lot of that crew.. died like gentlemen, brave souls.
Can you imagine the guilt of the wireless operator for the California when he got the news of the Titanic? It wouldn’t take long for them to figure out he went to bed right before this happened (at least he’d remember his last talk with Jack Philips/Harold Bride)
Maybe a video on him?
I believe Smith was Killed by the first funnel collapse.
Great video Sam captain smith’s story is very interesting and your video was put together well good job!
This was worth the wait.
I expect with almost the same immediate surroundings on the bridge as the Olympic, he could easily get mixed up as to the deck below. It's certainly no indication that he was incapable of well thought out and reasoned judgement.
Awesome job yet again Sam👍👏
Image it though, being captain smith, seeing a boat and thinking ''Ill try this'' and politley asking to come aboard the upturned boat, to be told no and simply saying ''Alright men, I understand, good luck to you''
How must that have felt? Dread and exhaustion, where do you go from there? theres no where to swim, no boats near enough... just find a dark quiet place in the water and try and fall asleep, knowing exactly what it meant. To die surrounded by family is scary, to die terribly alone, frightened, cold and lonely...unimaginable.
I have watched your videos since you had around 5-15 Thousand subscribers and I will be so excited to see you hit 80 Thousand Subscribers!
Here is another one of those "what if" scenarios, and I never heard this one, its a crazy idea. What if captain Smith ordered the radio operator to go down to the engine room and meet up with the electricity guy, and have them encode a CQD / SOS with the main switch aka the light's of the entire ship. Im sure The Californian would have seen that! But of course its easy to be wise after the incident already taken place. But what you think of this idea? You think it could have worked? Of course it would make everyone panic, but I'm sure they could broadcast it to everyone beforehand.
Is this your idea or something you've read? Potentially genius
@@basilbrush9075 just came up with it right now! Thanks :-p
@@MrReierz only 110 years too late haha
Even starting a controlled blaze or put something in the steam to create more smoke. These people didn't seem very creative at all but a bunch of traditional thinkers.
@Dani Hope I'm just imagining a big cartoonish on/off switch
GOT THAT RIGHT!
"The biggest question of all is whether Rush was too cavalier about the experimental vessel, which was never certified by a regulatory body and had raised safety concerns. "I'm struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet he steamed full speed ahead into an ice field on a moonless night, " director James Cameron told ABC News. And so many people died as a result."
Great video once again brother, love your information on the ship and it's crew!👍
this is what I’ve been waiting for, my night is now complete
Even though Captain Smith may have done all he could imagine the reception he would have received if he had survived. For him and his family that may have been a fate worse than death.
I think history has been a little hard on Captain Smith. If it's true that about the time that he found out the Carpathia was 4 hours away and he became.....distracted, I'd say it was because he knew that alot of his passengers and crew were doomed. While he didn't freak out or panic, he was deeply troubled at the fact that, as Captain, legally he was responsible for every soul abord and he was powerless to save them. Even if they got EVERYONE into lifeboat (and he knew only about half would in the best of circumstances) there was still no guarantee any of them would actually survive if Titanic sank before the rescue ships arrived. It's actually a wonder the boats were found at all and that the sea state was still calm. Had there been weather or strong winds, alot more people likely would have died. All this I'm sure was going through Captain Smith's mind as the list became more noticeable
I know if it were me I would have had a total nervous breakdown and probably jump into the water.
I haven't been watching a lot of your videos because of my school preparations. Iw ill try to watch more vidoes,but I'm now in 7th grade and homework will be longer and harder.
Top notch job. Thanks to Sam for his time and effort.....
keep up the good work sam im glad that your making these vids
great great stuff here , I'm glad Titanic is still in everyone's hearts
Hey, Historic Travels Can You Cover The Sinking Of The Carpathia??
Nobody on the Californian thought to wake up the Radio Operator!!
I like the intro
I feel like the fact he didn't supervise the passengers getting on the lifeboats is a pretty big blunder on his part. Most were under half full before leaving correct? Why were they loaded that way? he could have made sure the maximum amount of passengers left the ship the first time right?
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
I love your videos Sam, keep up the great work.
Rest in peace Edward John Smith, the biggest chad of the North Atlantic
Simple. Wake up Marconi operator and turn on set. Confirm Titanic status.
I wonder if Capt. Smith's widow received his pension?
I had read somewhere that she did.
Daaamn, that new intro kinda slaps hard. I like it
Great video again in part 2
I love watching tour videos on this great ship, but if you dont mind me asking.....what got you so interested to the point that youve done so much research and are so knowledgeable on the subject? Is it just this ship or all ships?? Either way i feel like ive learn a lot from you and i appreciate it.
The only thing he did that I second guess is his order to load the boats not being clear enough about men being allowed in if there were no women or children near. Even then, that was more Lightholler refusing to allow men in because Murdock had no problem doing so. It's argued that Lightholler allowed as much as 500 more people to die than had to.
I think both men acted admirably in their own way. Lightoller's staunch policy was to ensure safety for as many woman and children possible, while Murdoch let women and children first but chose to fill it up if there were only men left.
What I've never understood is why there wasn't an officer going back and forth between the 2 sides with the express job to make sure the boats were being filled to capacity. At least on Murdoch's side? Tell the men waiting at the back on Lightollers side that you're no chance, go to the portside. And funnel the new women on deck towards lightoller.
Can you blame the guy for being slightly distant !!
Please do a complete time-line of all of the Titanic Officers.
Thank you very much for everything that you do.
I happened to find and watch part 1 first !!
Excellent thanks 👍👏👏
I love the intro