Tim Maltin

The ship seems a lot safer. But part of it also is because the lifeboats are not being loaded in a very kind of orderly fashion.

The ship seems a lot safer. But part of it also is because the lifeboats are not being loaded in a very kind of orderly fashion.

The orders are very confused, right? I mean, the most famous order, you know, that the captain gives is women and children first. Well, what does that mean? You know, it's not entirely clear. So Lightoller, who's loading passengers on one side of the ship, interprets that as women and children only. So he will not allow any men on the lifeboats.

The orders are very confused, right? I mean, the most famous order, you know, that the captain gives is women and children first. Well, what does that mean? You know, it's not entirely clear. So Lightoller, who's loading passengers on one side of the ship, interprets that as women and children only. So he will not allow any men on the lifeboats.

Captain Smith knows there's not enough seats for everybody on the lightboats. He knows that every seat on those lightboats is precious. They can't afford to launch them half full. He knows that that's literally going to lead to people dying. And I think for me, the mystery of Captain Smith is why he's not there sort of behaving more in a kind of leadership and more forceful capacity.

Captain Smith knows there's not enough seats for everybody on the lightboats. He knows that every seat on those lightboats is precious. They can't afford to launch them half full. He knows that that's literally going to lead to people dying. And I think for me, the mystery of Captain Smith is why he's not there sort of behaving more in a kind of leadership and more forceful capacity.

Nobody really sees him. like after the collision. And I don't want to cast aspersions because I don't know what he's doing. We don't know what he's doing. He might have been doing something helpful that we just aren't aware of. And, you know, in addition to that, you know, all of us, none of us know how we would behave, right, in that particular circumstance.

Nobody really sees him. like after the collision. And I don't want to cast aspersions because I don't know what he's doing. We don't know what he's doing. He might have been doing something helpful that we just aren't aware of. And, you know, in addition to that, you know, all of us, none of us know how we would behave, right, in that particular circumstance.

And he must have been dealing with an enormous weight of, you know, just that he was in charge of the ship and what had happened. But, you know, the whole story does cry out for somebody, right, to have taken a sort of leadership role. And several hundred people, potentially more, could have survived if those lifeboats had actually been loaded properly.

And he must have been dealing with an enormous weight of, you know, just that he was in charge of the ship and what had happened. But, you know, the whole story does cry out for somebody, right, to have taken a sort of leadership role. And several hundred people, potentially more, could have survived if those lifeboats had actually been loaded properly.

If the lifeboats had been loaded more efficiently, hundreds more people could have been saved, right? Those lifeboats go off, some of them go off less than a third full.

If the lifeboats had been loaded more efficiently, hundreds more people could have been saved, right? Those lifeboats go off, some of them go off less than a third full.

Literally some of the officers are off in various parts of the ship and they start to see lifeboats floating around in the water. One of them calls and says, hey, are you aware there's a boat with some people on it floating around in the water? He doesn't even know that the ship is sinking and they've sort of forgotten about him wherever he was stationed.

Literally some of the officers are off in various parts of the ship and they start to see lifeboats floating around in the water. One of them calls and says, hey, are you aware there's a boat with some people on it floating around in the water? He doesn't even know that the ship is sinking and they've sort of forgotten about him wherever he was stationed.

And they're like, oh, you need to get in here and grab some distress rockets and come and help us. Another member of the crew kind of looks out and sees one of the lifeboats in the water. And he says, you know, if they're going to launch the boats, why don't they actually put some people in them?

And they're like, oh, you need to get in here and grab some distress rockets and come and help us. Another member of the crew kind of looks out and sees one of the lifeboats in the water. And he says, you know, if they're going to launch the boats, why don't they actually put some people in them?

Murdoch's plan was to do a maneuver called porting about the berg.

Murdoch's plan was to do a maneuver called porting about the berg.

Everyone knows the famous order harder starboard. And this was from sailing days when in fact the tiller of the helm would be put harder starboard, which would actually move the bow to the port or left. So that's what Murdoch did to get the front to clear the berg. And he did that. The bow missed it. But Titanic isn't out of the woods yet. He then gave a less famous order, which is harder port.

Everyone knows the famous order harder starboard. And this was from sailing days when in fact the tiller of the helm would be put harder starboard, which would actually move the bow to the port or left. So that's what Murdoch did to get the front to clear the berg. And he did that. The bow missed it. But Titanic isn't out of the woods yet. He then gave a less famous order, which is harder port.