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No. Captain Smith was a very responsible captain who had several decades of experience behind him. He was off duty at the time of the collision and was preparing for bed. The reason the iceberg wasn't seen in time to turn was because there was no moon to reflect light off the berg and the ship was going too fast. It's debated that Smith ordered it to speed up under the direction of the ship's owner, but regardless, the ship was too large to turn in time anyway with such a small rudder.
Also note that the lookouts did not have binoculars- a last minute crew change ended up causing them to leave port without the keys to the locker with the binoculars in them.
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The Titanic sunk after it collided with an iceberg.
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There were 712 survivors in the lifeboats after Titanic sunk.
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Captain Edward John Smith did not have a co-captain but his Chief Officer was Henry Wilde.
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The captain of the titanic was captain Edward John Smith. He lost his life in the sinking
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Sunk with Titanic
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The Captain of Titanic, on the day she sunk, was Captain Edward John Smith.
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Captain Edward J. Smith died in 1912 when the Titanic sunk in the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
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the titanic was sunk by an iceberg the titanic was sunk by an iceberg
The Titanic sunk after it hit what?
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In 1985 by oceanographer Robert Ballard. The captin of Titanic was captin Edward J Smith, he had previously crashed the titanic's sister ship the olympic and was supposed to be retiering after his crossing to new york sadly he when Titanic sank he went down with the ship.
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The Titanic sunk in the Atlantic ocean.
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No one sunk the Titanic. It hit an iceberg and sank.
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There were 712 survivors in the lifeboats after Titanic sunk.
Was it the Olymppic or the Titanic that sunk?
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