Iceberg - LIVE

0120
Number 10 is launched. Among the occupants is nine-week-old Millvina Dean, who will become the last living survivor of the disaster.

0130
Amid the growing panic, several male passengers try to board number 14, causing Fifth Officer Harold Lowe to fire his gun three times. He is later placed in command of the boat. After the sinking of the Titanic, Lowe will transfer people into lifeboats 4, 10, 12, and collapsible D so he can return to look for survivors in the water. He will pull several men to safety and rescue those in the partially flooded collapsible lifeboat A.

0140
Collapsible C is lowered. Among its occupants is White Star chairman J. Bruce Ismay. Although he will later claim that no women or children were in the area when he boarded the lifeboat, others will refute that assertion. His decision not to go down with the ship will result in many branding him a coward.

0145
Number 4 is readied for launch. Madeleine Astor, some five months pregnant, is helped onto the boat by her husband, John Jacob Astor. When Astor asks if he may join her, Second Officer Lightoller, who has strictly followed the order of women and children first, refuses. Astor does not press the issue and steps away. His body will later be recovered.

0200
The only lifeboats that remain on the Titanic are three of the collapsible boats.
The Titanic's bow has sunk low enough that the stern's propellers are now clearly visible above the water.

0217
Captain Smith releases the crew, saying that “it's every man for himself.” Smith is reportedly last seen on the bridge. His body will never be recovered.

Phillips sends a final distress signal. He reportedly makes it to the overturned collapsible lifeboat B but succumbs to exposure. His body will not be found.

I wonder why the women didn't stop and ask for equal treatment and opportunity. Was there no glass ceiling on the lifeboats?

Reading this report minute by minute, its shocking what happened and shows mankind are just a cretinous species. Almost like what is happening today, people are selfish caaants, and no viral pandemic is going to change that.

In an earlier thread I said the Duff-Gordons seemed cool, looks like I will have to take that back!

A complete lack of leadership,from top to bottom ! (if you know what I mean)