No bonus for him then, the plonker.

The iceberg was disguised by an optical illusion. Could happen to anyone.

Never happened to me in all my years of crossing the Atlantic.

Yeah I know, maybe it will happen on your last crossing.

Not sure he deservd his salary tbf.
Didn't do a very good job as far as I am aware.

He was on course to break the transatlantic crossing speed record, he was the quickest Captain of all time for a while, that shouldn't count against him.

That reckless abandonment cost many people their life - just to break the crossing speed record? The people who died should sue him.

comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Not sure he deservd his salary tbf.
Didn't do a very good job as far as I am aware.
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there is a twist at the end of the story. Be patient

comment by Choice City (U6187)
posted 3 minutes ago
He was on course to break the transatlantic crossing speed record, he was the quickest Captain of all time for a while, that shouldn't count against him.
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What, you mean that one little bump that he had shouldn't count against his good record?

What I am saying is, Mr J. Bruce Ismay the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, was held to blame for the loss of the Titanic. Not the Captain.

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 21 minutes ago
Never happened to me in all my years of crossing the Atlantic.
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Mores the pity

Don't worry he's not out of the woods yet, likelihood could happen on his last trip

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 57 minutes ago
That reckless abandonment cost many people their life - just to break the crossing speed record? The people who died should sue him.
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Actually Capt. Edward J. Smith chose a longer slower route when he received ice warnings he again amended the route

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Robinson Crusoe sailed from a dock in Hull where there is a plaque to mark the event.Mick Ronson, of the spiders from mars, had a commemorative stage there. It is being re-deployed and whatnot, but the cafe there has large paintings of him on the walls and such like.
Anyway, up the Arsenal! I sense a very strange season ahead..buckle yourselves in!

I should point out that the dock in question was built in 1775, but was filled in in the 1930's.It is now gardens and stuff.