Harold Bride

Titanic had no, if you like, tannoy system. She had no sort of global system where the bridge could make a message. So in fact, you know, stewards would have been told to get people up, but they didn't want to create a panic. So I think they'd have given the impression that it's a precaution. you know, that we've had some serious damage as a precaution, people should get in the lifeboats.

Titanic had no, if you like, tannoy system. She had no sort of global system where the bridge could make a message. So in fact, you know, stewards would have been told to get people up, but they didn't want to create a panic. So I think they'd have given the impression that it's a precaution. you know, that we've had some serious damage as a precaution, people should get in the lifeboats.

They had to walk that tightrope between creating a panic on a ship where there were not enough lifeboats for everyone versus actually getting an orderly evacuation and saving as many people as possible. Not everyone is in the mood to cooperate.

They had to walk that tightrope between creating a panic on a ship where there were not enough lifeboats for everyone versus actually getting an orderly evacuation and saving as many people as possible. Not everyone is in the mood to cooperate.

On the starboard side of the Titanic, Murdoch allowed men to go in with women and children in order to encourage the boats to be lowered more quickly. Lightoller really took the order as women and children only, rather than women and children first. And so he didn't allow, for example, 14-, 15-, 16-year-old boys to travel with their mothers.

On the starboard side of the Titanic, Murdoch allowed men to go in with women and children in order to encourage the boats to be lowered more quickly. Lightoller really took the order as women and children only, rather than women and children first. And so he didn't allow, for example, 14-, 15-, 16-year-old boys to travel with their mothers.

The important thing to remember about Titanic's crew, and particularly her captain, Captain Smith, is that they were Royal Naval Reserves. So Smith was a high-ranking captain within the Royal Navy when he was called up. So he would train with the Navy and he was used to that kind of order and that kind of drill. It's easy to talk about what they did wrong at the time.

The important thing to remember about Titanic's crew, and particularly her captain, Captain Smith, is that they were Royal Naval Reserves. So Smith was a high-ranking captain within the Royal Navy when he was called up. So he would train with the Navy and he was used to that kind of order and that kind of drill. It's easy to talk about what they did wrong at the time.

Titanic, there's a lot they did right. When the chips are really down and things are really serious, you behave extremely properly and you just want to do things as safely and efficiently as you possibly can. And I think that's what was going through the minds of the officers and senior personnel on Titanic throughout the tragedy.

Titanic, there's a lot they did right. When the chips are really down and things are really serious, you behave extremely properly and you just want to do things as safely and efficiently as you possibly can. And I think that's what was going through the minds of the officers and senior personnel on Titanic throughout the tragedy.