Harold Bride

And of course, what the miraging discovery made me realize is that the mystery ship was a mirage, if you like. It was the Californian appearing nearer to Titanic than she was, and it was Titanic appearing nearer to Californian than she was. So there was, in fact, no mystery ships. Survivor Eva Hart.

And of course, what the miraging discovery made me realize is that the mystery ship was a mirage, if you like. It was the Californian appearing nearer to Titanic than she was, and it was Titanic appearing nearer to Californian than she was. So there was, in fact, no mystery ships. Survivor Eva Hart.

Partly in desperation, they started more slant signaling to this nearby vessel, which we now know was the Californian. But unfortunately, the messages didn't reach the ships because the ships were in fact further away than each ship thought they were from each other. And then out of even more desperation, they started firing rockets into the air as distress rockets.

Partly in desperation, they started more slant signaling to this nearby vessel, which we now know was the Californian. But unfortunately, the messages didn't reach the ships because the ships were in fact further away than each ship thought they were from each other. And then out of even more desperation, they started firing rockets into the air as distress rockets.

Unfortunately, because the ships were actually so far away, the rockets were exploding in the normally refracting air at about 600 feet up. And of course, at that distance, they were tiny because Titanic was actually about 12 miles away. And so that's why they either thought the rockets were coming from a ship further away, which in some senses is true, if that makes sense.

Unfortunately, because the ships were actually so far away, the rockets were exploding in the normally refracting air at about 600 feet up. And of course, at that distance, they were tiny because Titanic was actually about 12 miles away. And so that's why they either thought the rockets were coming from a ship further away, which in some senses is true, if that makes sense.

But they also may have thought they were some sort of company signals. Unfortunately, it gave Captain Lord the excuse to wait until daylight to go and investigate what was really going on.

But they also may have thought they were some sort of company signals. Unfortunately, it gave Captain Lord the excuse to wait until daylight to go and investigate what was really going on.

We have the benefit of hindsight and he did not. And we have to remember that the reason that captains are captains is because all of their experience is brought to bear and they look at things and they trust their judgment sometimes more than the judgment of their junior officers because they've got more experience.

We have the benefit of hindsight and he did not. And we have to remember that the reason that captains are captains is because all of their experience is brought to bear and they look at things and they trust their judgment sometimes more than the judgment of their junior officers because they've got more experience.

And just as Captain Smith's experience was working against him, so Captain Lord's experience was working against him.

And just as Captain Smith's experience was working against him, so Captain Lord's experience was working against him.

What I actually think happened was, I think Captain Lord was well aware of what was going on. Now don't get me wrong, he had no idea it was the Titanic and that thousands of lives were at stake. But what he probably did believe is that a nearby vessel, probably a fishing vessel, was in some sort of difficulty, not sufficient difficulty to actually do more slam signals to him.

What I actually think happened was, I think Captain Lord was well aware of what was going on. Now don't get me wrong, he had no idea it was the Titanic and that thousands of lives were at stake. But what he probably did believe is that a nearby vessel, probably a fishing vessel, was in some sort of difficulty, not sufficient difficulty to actually do more slam signals to him.

And what he thought was he was looking after the 50 people on his ship. So what he decided was he would investigate the shenanigans and goings on that he could tell from some rockets going off and things like that on this nearby ship that wasn't signaling to him. He decided that he would investigate that in daylight when it was safe to do so.

And what he thought was he was looking after the 50 people on his ship. So what he decided was he would investigate the shenanigans and goings on that he could tell from some rockets going off and things like that on this nearby ship that wasn't signaling to him. He decided that he would investigate that in daylight when it was safe to do so.

Now, the tragedy for him is that having made that quite rational decision, he then found out at daylight, at dawn, that the biggest ship in the world had sunk with the loss of thousands of lives. And his hair literally went white overnight. And I think in a way, he never really deep down forgave himself for that. But we have to look at him as a puny human, like all of us puny humans.

Now, the tragedy for him is that having made that quite rational decision, he then found out at daylight, at dawn, that the biggest ship in the world had sunk with the loss of thousands of lives. And his hair literally went white overnight. And I think in a way, he never really deep down forgave himself for that. But we have to look at him as a puny human, like all of us puny humans.

And I think he was just making decisions based on the data that was coming in. Unfortunately, that data was extremely unusual and very hard to interpret because of the weather conditions that night.

And I think he was just making decisions based on the data that was coming in. Unfortunately, that data was extremely unusual and very hard to interpret because of the weather conditions that night.