Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Mad Dash: Titanic’s Rescue Ship Carpathia" video.

  1. Five members of the engine room staff died, but the rest of the people on board, 57 passengers (36 saloon class and 21 steerage) and 161 other crew members, were rescued by the convoy escort.
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  2. What exactly do you mean? RMS Carpathia was torpedoed by U55 in July, 1918, when under the command of Captain William Protheroe, with the loss of five lives, all engine room staff. U55 surfaced and was approaching Carpathia's lifeboats, but left the scene when an escort, HMS Snowdrop, approached. U55 surrendered at Harwich on 26 November, 1918, and was handed over to the Japanese navy in 1920, operating briefly as O.3, until being dismantled about a year later.
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  3.  @Ladies_Of_death  No one told anyone to 'shut up.' At least, not according to the evidence of Californian's wireless operator, who stated that the message, in morse shorthand, was simply a request to clear the frequency, as Titanic was in contact with Cape Race, and Californian's transmissions were blocking the communiction.
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  4. Captain Smith had been a Master since 1887, and Commodore of the White Star Line since 1904, after which he had commanded the maiden voyage of each new White Star liner. His record shows how far from being a 'show off' he really was.
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  5. 'have always thought the Titanics captian was either drunk. insane or asleep at the time.' Actually, he was none of those things.
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  6. Why would that have been 'pay back' for Californian, and what payback do you think was required?
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  7. The name 'Titanic' was engraved on the hull.
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  8. Ignoble? She was sunk in the service of her country. Hardly ignoble.
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  9. Don't be a silly, gullible, switcher video viewer.
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  10. Titanic. Beyond any other than irrational, ill-informed, doubt.
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  11.  @buttafan4010  You asked a question. I simply provided you with the correct answer. There is absolutely no credible evidence to suggest that there was any exchange, and plenty of evidence to suggest that there wasn't.
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  12. No one told anyone to 'shut up.' At least, not according to the evidence of Californian's wireless operator, who stated that the message, in morse shorthand, was simply a request to clear the frequency, as Titanic was in contact with Cape Race, and Californian's transmissions were blocking the communication.
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  13. Not true. Californian only had one wireless operator, who had shut down for the night just before the collision.
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  14. That was clever. Killing 5000 civilians about 20 years after she died.
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  15. Thanks for such a sensible post. Quite why most of the people who post on such sites aren't aware of the kind of 'shorthand' used by wireless operators at the time completely baffles me, when the information is readily available. What they fondly believe was an abusive message wasn't in fact, any such thing.
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  16. No she wasn't. She was over 500 miles away.
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  17. No, he didn't.
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  18.  @DerpyPossum  Doubtful. There is some evidence that they were still in New York as late as December, 1912, by which time Olympic had refitted with more, and larger, boats.
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  19. Absolutely! Californian - Leyland Line cargo liner, 6223 tons displacement, 447 feet in length, speed 13 knots, passenger capacity 47. Carpathia - Cunard Line ocean liner, 13,500 tons displacement, 558 feet in length, speed 17 knots, passenger capacity 2550.
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