... Titanic's sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic (Chapman, 1). Through thirty-eight years of service with the White Star Line, he had an excellent safety record. At the age of fifty-nine, Captain Smith planned to retire after this last trip, a perfect final tribute to a long and successful career. On the morning of April 11, 1912, Thomas Andrews (Appendix A: Portraits), a ship builder, and ... the forward compartments and began to overflow bulkhead six, which went up to the upper deck "E-, and flooded the adjoining compartment (McCluskie, Sharpe, and Marriott, 477). At 12:25 a.m., Captain Smi...

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... "the corner." From this point on they streamed nearly due west on the course for Nantucket Lightship. The Titanic reached "the corner" around 5:00pm but, instead of immediately turning, Captain Smith ordered a delay in changing the ship's course until 5:45pm. This caused the Titanic to travel an additional sixteen miles southwest. When the ship finally turned the corner, she was approximately ... As the Titanic sat motionless on the ocean, her forward compartments slowly filled with water, a drama was unfolding upon her decks that will be forever replayed in history. Forth Officer Josep...

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