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It is debatable whether or not the disaster would have been prevented with binoculars. The surviving lookout claimed during the investigation that they would have seen the iceberg in time to avoid it. However, this is nothing more than the claims of a crew member who was under investigation and afraid of prosecution.
Many experts suggest that binoculars would not have helped as it was a moonless night. In such darkness, icebergs can only be seen by the water breaking over them. But on this night the sea was extremely calm. So while they MAY have seen it sooner, they may not have. In fact, they may have seen it later since binoculars limit your field of vision. Of course, had they seen it a few seconds later, Titanic likely wouldn't have sank either. Because rather than hitting the iceberg broadside and popping rivets along the side, it would have been a more head on collision, which would have caused many more injuries, maybe even some deaths, on impact, but would not have flooded enough compartments to sink the ship. There has been at least one case of a ship intentionally steering into an iceberg and slowly limping into its intended port, badly damaged but with all passengers safe.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe answer is no. They brought binoculars on board before they left for America but they lost them down in steerage. The crew looked for them on the fifth night of their voyage but never found them.
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∙ 12y agoThere was one pair.
The original second officer of the Titanic was David Blair. However, Henry Wilde was later assigned as the second officer of the Titanic due to his qualifications aboard Titanic's sister ship Olympic. The binoculars were onboard the Titanic in a locker in the cabin that David Blair had originally occupied. No one knew that the binoculars were indeed on the ship.
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∙ 15y agoIn fact there were binoculars on the Titanic. However they were locked away and it seems that the location was not generally known and keys could not be found.
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∙ 12y agoThey were not. The crewman that had the key to the box they were in wasnt there.
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∙ 11y agobecause they lost them on the fifth night in the steerage
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∙ 11y agothey did not forget the binoculars they had it in a room but they could not find the keys
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Who left the binoculars in Southampton when the titanic sank?
There was no actual answer for this question but it seem the crew forgot to bring the binoculars aboard with them. any more question about Titanic please E-mail me: iamevanwang@gmail.com thank you!
Why did the crew or look-outs not have binoculars on the titanic?
I never knew this before, but the binoculars were actually on the Titanic, but locked up inside a locker that no one bothered to look into. Before second officer Henry Wilde was given the job, the position belonged to David Blair. Blair had kept the binoculars inside a locker in his original cabin aboard the Titanic, but after he was moved, the room wasn't occupied. Therefore, no one knew the binoculars were on board.
Why did'nt the crows nest on the titanic have binoculars?
There was a last minute change in the officers who were charge of the Titanic when it sailed from England to the USA, and the officer who was in charge of the equipment, (absentmindedly) took the key to the storage locker with him when he left the ship in England. They couldn't find a replacement key and the lookouts were not issued any binoculars, even though White Star Lines official policy was that binoculars were supposed to given to lookouts. They only had a few binoculars, and these were given to the high ranking officers, not the lookouts.
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WHY DID the titanic crash into a iceberg?
the titanic crashed because the person on look out forgot his binoculars, by the time they could see it, it was to late. this is just one theory, but there are many others
Who left the binoculars in Southampton when the titanic sank?
There was no actual answer for this question but it seem the crew forgot to bring the binoculars aboard with them. any more question about Titanic please E-mail me: iamevanwang@gmail.com thank you!
Did the Titanic have any binoculars?
They were supposed to, but they were missing the night the ship collided with the iceberg
Why did the crew or look-outs not have binoculars on the titanic?
I never knew this before, but the binoculars were actually on the Titanic, but locked up inside a locker that no one bothered to look into. Before second officer Henry Wilde was given the job, the position belonged to David Blair. Blair had kept the binoculars inside a locker in his original cabin aboard the Titanic, but after he was moved, the room wasn't occupied. Therefore, no one knew the binoculars were on board.
What was the biggest error of the Titanic?
there are many. the look out had no binoculars they ship went very fast they tried to turn from the ice berg they ignored the ice warnings
Why people didn't see the iceberg in titanic?
They did not have binoculars. (reported later as lost, missing,or left behind in the UK)
Why did'nt the crows nest on the titanic have binoculars?
There was a last minute change in the officers who were charge of the Titanic when it sailed from England to the USA, and the officer who was in charge of the equipment, (absentmindedly) took the key to the storage locker with him when he left the ship in England. They couldn't find a replacement key and the lookouts were not issued any binoculars, even though White Star Lines official policy was that binoculars were supposed to given to lookouts. They only had a few binoculars, and these were given to the high ranking officers, not the lookouts.
Who do people think sunk the Titanic?
No person sank the titanic, unless you attribute the sinking to the Captain's recklessness in steaming at full speed at night in potentially ice infested waters when his lookouts had no binoculars.
Where the sinking of the Titanic happen?
halfway through the journey of the titanic in the middle of the Atlantic ocean the metal of the titanic was at its most brittle and was easy to tear so the iceberg had no problem to rip the metal it was mostly the weathers fault it was a calm moonles night and the watchmen had no binoculars if they had seen it sooner the titanic would not have sunk
What brands of binoculars are sold by Binoculars dot com?
The Binoculars website sell many brands of binoculars. One can buy Zhumell, Bushnell, Nikon, Barska, Leica, Vortex, Zeiss, Alpen and Steiner brand binoculars from them.
Where there any lost keys for binoulars on the titanic?
Is it a stroke of bad luck that sank the Titanic?David Blair was a sailor who forgot to leave a key on board the ship.Without it, his shipmates could not open a locker in the crow's nest containing a pair of binoculars. The binoculars were to be used to look out for bad weather and obstructions-such as icebergs. Lookout Fred Fleet who survived the disaster that claimed 1,517 lives, said that if they had the binoculars they would have seen the iceberg and have enough time to get out of its way.-Berrynic3
Why didn't the lookout of the Titanic see the ice burg?
The sea was calm, so there was no wake against the berg; there was no moon to reflect light on it; they didn't have binoculars.
