Perhaps offended by the rude rebuke, Evans switched off his wireless equipment and went to bed, so it couldn't receive the urgent radio messages from Titanic that followed. The message was received by Titanic's on-duty wireless operator, Jack Phillips, who told Evans to 'shut up' because it was drowning out messages for passengers from Cape Race, a relay station 800 miles away. Photo shows Cyril Furmstone Evans, the wireless operator aboard the SS Californian that night It wasn't carrying any passengers and would have had plenty of space for the people on Titanic.ĭue to the threat of 'field ice' – large and flat expanses of ice in the ocean – Lord had halted Californian for the night late around 10:20pm on April 14, about 80 minutes before Titanic hit the iceberg.Īt the time, Californian's position was logged as about 19 miles northeast of Titanic, although the British inquiry into the disaster later judged it was much closer than that – six miles away. The nearest vessel in Titanic's vicinity when she foundered was the SS Californian, a smaller steamship bound for Boston, Massachusetts, captained by Stanley Lord. WHY DID SS CALIFORNIAN IGNORE TITANIC'S DISTRESS CALLS?Īfter Titanic hit the iceberg and it became clear the ship was sinking, Captain Smith had his crew send up flares and transmit radio messages to nearby ships in the hope of receiving assistance. The theory was repeated in the 2017 documentary 'Titanic: The New Evidence' by Irish journalist Senan Molony, who said Titanic 'should never have been put to sea' because the fire supposedly weakened her hull, which took the impact from the iceberg. Increasing the rate at which the coal in this bunker was removed and put into the boilers would have allowed the ship's workers to control the fire, but this would have sped the ship up, he said.Įssenhigh claimed the crew of the Titanic couldn't have been trying to break any records crossing the Atlantic because the ship was built for comfort, not speed – and was advertised as such before its voyage. However, Royal Museums Greenwich claims stories of the captain trying to make a speed record are 'without substance', despite the testimony from Mrs Lines.Īnother theory posited in 2004 by a US engineer was that a smoldering coal fire in the depths of Titanic meant the ship had to get to New York faster than originally planned.Īccording to Robert Essenhigh at Ohio State University, Titanic's records show there was a fire one of Titanic's coal bunkers, forward bunker #6. Mrs Lines said: 'I heard him make the statement: "We will beat the Olympic and get in to New York on Tuesday."' Olympic set sail from Southampton on June 14, 1911, calling at Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland (the same route as Titanic) before reaching New York six days later, on June 21 that year.
Her testimony suggests Ismay wanted to beat a record set by Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York the year before. This scene was based on a genuine conversation overheard by first-class passenger and survivor Elizabeth Lindsey Lines, who testified after the sinking. In James Cameron's 1997 film 'Titanic', White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay is depicted urging Captain Smith to increase the speed to get into New York ahead of schedule and 'make the headlines'. So why was it going so fast, through a known iceberg field at night when visibility was low? Titanic's captain Edward Smith powered the ship through the Atlantic even though there had been ice warnings from neighbouring ships. The 'unsinkable' liner was going at around 22.5 knots or 25 miles per hour, just 0.5 knots below its top speed of 23 knots.
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It's well known that Titanic was almost at full speed when look-outs spotted the iceberg late on April 14, 1912.
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