Titanic’s First Officer, William McMaster Murdoch, was lost in the disaster, but to ensure that he was never forgotten, this plaque was dedicated to him in his home town of Dalbeattie, Scotland. The wording of the plaque can be seen further down the page. After the release of James Cameron’s hugely successful movie ‘Titanic’, there was uproar …
Henry Tingle Wilde was born in Liverpool on 21st September, 1872. He had begun his career at sea in his teens aboard traditional old-fashioned sailing vessels. But once Wilde had gained his all-important masters certificate, he had joined the White Star Line, and left the old square-rigged ships far behind. Henry Wilde rose steadily, as all good …
Herbert John Pitman was Titanic’s Third Officer. He had been at sea for almost nine years, and the last five of those had been with the White Star Line. He received a telegram, as did all the junior officers, informing him to report to the White Star Line’s Liverpool offices at 9a.m. on 26th March, in order to pick up their …
James Paul Moody was born in Scarborough, England on the 21st August 1887. His family were not a seafaring family, far from it, but the pull of the sea must have been fairly strong, because at the age of 14, Moody went to sea to serve his apprenticeship under sail. In 1911, at the age of …
When Titanic’s crew and officers were being drafted-in to join the ship at Belfast, the six officers were, from Chief down to Sixth, William Murdoch, Charles Lightoller, David Blair, Herbert Pitman, Boxhall, Harold Lowe and James Moody. This was the line-up for Titanic’s sea trials, and also for the positioning trip from Belfast to Southampton. Looking at the upper-part of the table below, it’s quite clear to see that …