Georgie

But the way it was applied was interesting.

Loading boats on the starboard side, First Officer William Murdoch took Captain Smith's words, as they were intended, women and children first.

If there were spaces on the lifeboats after that, he let men climb aboard.

But on the port side, Second Officer Charles Lightoller, for some reason, took it to mean women and children only.

He refused to let any men board, even threatening them at gunpoint.

Needless to say, this caused absolute fucking chaos.

Families were split up, with many women actually refusing a spot on the boats because they didn't want to be separated from their husbands or loved ones.

and it meant that most of the boats were launched at just 60% capacity, reducing the already dodgy survival odds even more.

By 2.05am, the final lifeboat rowed away from the now rapidly sinking Titanic.

Those left clinging to her deck had 15 minutes of pure terror to endure.

A priest gave confessions to the traumatised masses as they processed their fate.

And yes, the band was playing, although accounts disagree on exactly how long they kept the music going.

Some claim that they played right up until the end, but eyewitness accounts seem to suggest they packed up before the deck started to seriously tilt.

An enduring rumour is that bandleader Wallace Hartley played the hymn Nearer My God to Thee, while some survivors claim that they heard the strains of jauntier tunes as they sailed away on the boats, since they were trying to stop people from panicking.

I don't know which is worse.

a jaunty tune while I wait my death or some somber tune I could reflect on.

Oh yeah, Tony.

Tony the tiger.

You would be fucked.

Oh, Tony told me you're great.