Titanic received seven or eight ice warnings from vessels such as the Mesaba, the Noordam, the Amerika, Caronia, Baltic, Californian, Rappahannock, and La Touraine.
The Captain was given some but not all.
Some think the Titanic may have received as many as 7 warnings on the day of the collision. According to history, it received 3 warnings, but 1 warning was not given to Captain Smith. Between 7 and 10.
Titanic received seven or eight ice warnings from vessels such as the Mesaba, the Noordam, the Amerika, Caronia, Baltic, Californian, Rappahannock, and La Touraine. The Captain was given some but not all.
Some think the Titanic may have received as many as 7 warnings on the day of the collisionAccording to history, it received 3 warnings, but 1 warning was not given to Captain Smith.Read more: How_many_iceberg_warnings_did_the_Titanic_receive
Warnings ReceivedSome think the Titanic may have received as many as 7 warnings on the day of the collision. According to history, it received 3 warnings, but 1 warning was not given to Captain Smith.Between 7 and 10.
Titanic received closer to seven (or eight) warnings on the day of her crash from vessels such as the Mesaba, the Noordam, the Amerika, Caronia, Baltic, Californian, Rappahannock, and La Touraine.
No the Titanic crash was an accident... the captain could have chosen a different route to avoid the icebergs , He was given many warnings about the icebergs but continued to ignore them and go ahead .
Titanic received seven or eight ice warnings from vessels such as the Mesaba, the Noordam, the Amerika, Caronia, Baltic, Californian, Rappahannock, and La Touraine. The Captain was given some but not all.
Captain Smith, the 'Gentleman's Captain' was such a favorite of the White Star Line that he was on the maiden voyages for the Adriatic, the Majestic, the Baltic, the Olympic, and Titanic.
The senior Captain of a shipping company is usually given the Honour of taking a new ship on its maiden voyage.
Titanic was under the command of Captain Edward J, Smith, a Senior White Star captain, who went down with the ship. Some sources say it was his "farewell" cruise, and that he intended to retire after it.
The lookout in the fore mast. He only saw it when it couldn't be avoided anymore: vision was poor and deceptive, the iceberg was low in the water and because the sea was very calm, there was no tell-tale "surf" noise of waves hitting the iceberg that would have given him earlier warning.
The Titanic was expected to arrive within a set period of time. As with all transatlantic crossings there was some leeway in case the ship encountered bad weather or other problems. However the Titanic was running well ahead of schedule when it hit the iceberg. In fact Captain Smith is believed to have been trying for an Atlantic crossing speed record for the Titanic its first crossing; which would explain why he was pushing the ship's engines so hard and his refusal to stop when first warned of ice.