Tim Maltin

What they started to see when they got into the Labrador Current was a very thin layer of what looked like haze, a band of haze all around the horizon. It had the effect of camouflaging the iceberg. And so this little band of haze all around the horizon just meant they probably picked up the berg, I don't know, 15 seconds, 20 seconds later than they would otherwise have done.

What they started to see when they got into the Labrador Current was a very thin layer of what looked like haze, a band of haze all around the horizon. It had the effect of camouflaging the iceberg. And so this little band of haze all around the horizon just meant they probably picked up the berg, I don't know, 15 seconds, 20 seconds later than they would otherwise have done.

Being a stoker on Titanic was extremely hot work, very dusty, very physical work. It was an extremely exhausting job, and in fact, they didn't have access to any of their own deck space. What they did have though was Titanic's fourth funnel. was in fact a dummy funnel. It wasn't real, but it was used for what we would now call air conditioning.

Being a stoker on Titanic was extremely hot work, very dusty, very physical work. It was an extremely exhausting job, and in fact, they didn't have access to any of their own deck space. What they did have though was Titanic's fourth funnel. was in fact a dummy funnel. It wasn't real, but it was used for what we would now call air conditioning.

And the stokers were able to climb up inside the fourth funnel, and there was a gantry that you could walk around inside the fourth funnel. And in fact, there's quite a famous picture of Titanic in Ireland where...

And the stokers were able to climb up inside the fourth funnel, and there was a gantry that you could walk around inside the fourth funnel. And in fact, there's quite a famous picture of Titanic in Ireland where...

A stoker is going up for what was probably a cigarette break, and they're looking down, and this black face of this stoker was regarded as a bad omen, of course, at events that happened later on.

A stoker is going up for what was probably a cigarette break, and they're looking down, and this black face of this stoker was regarded as a bad omen, of course, at events that happened later on.

White Star backed Smith 100%. They knew how safe he was. They knew how good he was. He had an absolutely perfect safety record.

White Star backed Smith 100%. They knew how safe he was. They knew how good he was. He had an absolutely perfect safety record.

In the end, Smith lost the case and the White Star had to pay compensation to the Navy.

In the end, Smith lost the case and the White Star had to pay compensation to the Navy.

They tried to make Titanic as safe as was practicably possible. They gave her a double bottom, for example. They also made sure that she could survive a collision between two bulkheads. They even made sure that she could survive the first four bulkheads being taken out.

They tried to make Titanic as safe as was practicably possible. They gave her a double bottom, for example. They also made sure that she could survive a collision between two bulkheads. They even made sure that she could survive the first four bulkheads being taken out.

But what they didn't put within the design envelope of Titanic was a sideswipe disaster over 200 feet that would affect the first five compartments.

But what they didn't put within the design envelope of Titanic was a sideswipe disaster over 200 feet that would affect the first five compartments.

So it wasn't really that they made a mistake in building her as they did. It was just that they didn't envisage having to make her be watertight in this type of damage.

So it wasn't really that they made a mistake in building her as they did. It was just that they didn't envisage having to make her be watertight in this type of damage.

People often wonder if the Titanic had had more lifeboats, would more lives have been saved? Well, in fact, what most people don't know is that even though Titanic only had 20 lifeboats, in fact, she didn't have time to launch even the 20 that she did have.

People often wonder if the Titanic had had more lifeboats, would more lives have been saved? Well, in fact, what most people don't know is that even though Titanic only had 20 lifeboats, in fact, she didn't have time to launch even the 20 that she did have.