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Thinking about the lifeboats' role as "ferries" between the stricken ship and the rescue ship (so that there was "no need" for a full lifeboat complement) I think the trouble with that is by the time the "ferries" made one trip and came back the stricken ship might've been in a far more precarious situation if not already beneath the water. So with a full lifeboat complement and a properly trained crew it would've all been more effective and faster everyone would've been evacuated at the same time. The normally stormy North Atlantic is no place for such "ferries" especially if the crew had to row (the boats weren't motorized) the crew would've for sure been exhausted from rowing in choppy waters. That night the sea was most unusually calm and it seems largely forgotten that this is really the exception on the North Atlantic. (And the very fact that it was so calm makes it very easy for people now to think of lifeboats as "ferries") Also the word was spread at the time that the North Atlantic run was so busy "there were always other ships nearby if anything happens." The Titanic was really no exception as the Californian was only 10mi away or most probably less than that (donkey boilerman Ernest Gill and carpenter James McGregor saw the Titanic's distress rockets very plainly as did the officers), but then (a) she was the one and only ship really close and (b) Cpt Lord just wouldn't bother helping. And then apart from the Californian all the other ships contacted by Phillips and Bride were much further away. After all, the Carpathia was no fewer than 58mi away so she needed 3.5hrs to make it to the scene and she didn't get there until 1h40min after the Titanic slid beneath the water. In closing what's the use of a nearby ship if the captain doesn't go help?

Thinking about the lifeboats' role as "ferries" between the stricken ship and the rescue ship (so that there was "no need" for a full lifeboat complement) I think the trouble with that is by the time the "ferries" made one trip and came back the stricken ship might've been in a far more precarious situation if not already beneath the water. So with a full lifeboat complement and a properly trained crew it would've all been more effective and faster everyone would've been evacuated at the same time. The normally stormy North Atlantic is no place for such "ferries" especially if the crew had to row (the boats weren't motorized) the crew would've for sure been exhausted from rowing in choppy waters. That night the sea was most unusually calm and it seems largely forgotten that this is really the exception on the North Atlantic. (And the very fact that it was so calm makes it very easy for people now to think of lifeboats as "ferries") Also the word was spread at the time that the North Atlantic run was so busy "there were always other ships nearby if anything happens." The Titanic was really no exception as the Californian was only 10mi away or most probably less than that (donkey boilerman Ernest Gill and carpenter James McGregor saw the Titanic's distress rockets very plainly as did the officers), but then (a) she was the one and only ship really close and (b) Cpt Lord just wouldn't bother helping. And then apart from the Californian all the other ships contacted by Phillips and Bride were much further away. After all, the Carpathia was no fewer than 58mi away so she needed 3.5hrs to make it to the scene and she didn't get there until 1h40min after the Titanic slid beneath the water. In closing what's the use of a nearby ship if the captain doesn't go help?

No matter how many survivor accounts I hear I just can't imagine what they must have felt. The breakdowns came later for most, after the shock wore off. Then the images must have haunted them to some degree for the rest of their lives. Thank you for posting Maud's voice.

Thank you for posting this interview. I've not seen this lady's interview. I wonder how old her children were and what memories they might have had.

My family member worked on titanic x he was waiter xxx

Now, sis…

Was that Charles Lightoller speaking or an actor?

If a ship sailed in close, turned around and left then it couldn't have been the Californian as it was parked for the night

I wonder if miss Clark ever found her husband, if I had to guess I would say no but I hope she did😢

Ruth Becker said in another interview before this one that she saw or thought the Titanic broke in half. That interview was done before the ship was discovered in 85' and as it turned out she was very correct.

So good that we have these interviews from the people who were actually there, that we can watch anytime. Magnificent pieces of history.

Did he say that officer moody survived in the end? I thought he was lost

Looks like I’m back down the Titanic rabbit hole again. Very good interview. May Frank rest in peace he assuredly deserves it

She’s from India,Guntur 😢ruth becker/ruth elizabeth

I can't stop Titanic Inc. from pillaging a gravesite but I can stop myself from legitimising their disgusting acts by not visiting the museums with the stolen artefacts.

Imagine a tourist saying I only realized how serious 9 11 was when I left NY.

What I don't understand is why none of these people talked about the s*** breaking half. I don't know if the white Star Line was still trying to cover their tracks. I don't know, but we all know that the Titanic broken half. Why none of these people that were in like like box the crew. That survived the wasn't that many but none of them ever said is it interviewed them. That's a s*** broken half now. Eva, Hart, who is the survivor leaders later, said the ship broken half after they proved it, but why they never said it broken half and secondly, why the California saw the rockets why that captain did not get off his stuff. And make them make his wireless operator get on the line. Now, if they would have gotten over there, they would have saved more people, but still it would have took them a little bit to get there. It was not like as quick as I mean, 510 miles but I think there were a lot of icebergs around have saved more people too. And it's unfortunate that they didn't have 24 hour coverage on the wireless and then secondly. The lifeboats I mean, you would think s*** that big required more lifeboats of actually, the Titanic had more boats than what they called for they hadn't regulated ships that size, so they had 20 boats, 16 wooden and 4 collapsible and after the Titanic sank every ship after that had to. Have enough life. Load and then they started 24 hour wireless now, for one what I'll understand to this day and then they said that the California solved the Rockets, but didn't think it was anything come on, if the ship is firing Rockets at 2 or 1 or 2 in the morning, that's danger.The captain should have got up when up.There looked made the virus got on there and he would have got over there.Maybe in the time that the titanic sunk a lot of people could have gotten on

She was a second class passenger, and the dining room and other furnishings of second class were quite impressive

Why..was.every.think That.could.float..eg.mattreses.etc Not.tossed.overboard

This is a powerful video. It was good to hear the opinions of the passengers and how they felt about the pros and cons of disturbing her.

This is beautiful. Thank you. ❤

The door in third class that he talks about being stuck behind, wasn’t below deck, it was the small gate on the stairs that went from the forecastle deck upwards towards b deck

Yes ma'am or sir .The Titanic is so beautiful and haunting. Such enormous pieces of the Titanic ship its mechanical parts or sections.

There is nothing down there we can’t recreate. Take a picture, you don’t need to hold it. It’s better I think. To actually see where it all ended. Leave it in peace. It’s the least we can do.

This is very powerful, getting to hear what the survivors of the Titanic disaster had to say about how they felt when Rob discovered the wreck in 9/1/85. In some cases people have their own opinion of what a person or survivor says about whether raising artifacts or the ship herself up or to leave it all alone to rest. Some people might feel like the survivors are wrong to say to just “forget about the wreck, and not look back”, but then again, we are not the survivors, we have not experienced the 2 hours and 40 minutes of horror that they went through, the losses that they had, they have the right to say how they feel about the matter because they were the ones who were there that night, not us.

A long time has passed. Really, this whole "it's a gravesite" is only a show for the living and an excuse to sound righteous. Personally, I would love them to bring up as much as they can and preserve as much as they can. If I could, I would explore the wreck cabin by cabin. People died on it over a hundred years ago I get it, but it's not like they are digging up graves with remains. Let's keep the self-righteous bullshit out and do as much science and preservation as we can while there is still time.

He was a true hero. May he rest in peace. Amazing interview.

That man had one classy voice. You wouldn’t get one like his anymore

Is this an AI recording of the recount? It's way too clean to be an original.

He's leaving parts of his story out. He doesn't want to talk about it. I know his story well but I've never actually seen an interview with him actually talking. I've only read stuff about him. "I suppose I'll dream about it tonight" when he says it. He looks scared.

God Bless this Man Humble Man God Bless him 🙏

What an absolutely brilliant slice of Titanic history - thanks for posting. (The Black & White footage was also genius)

This guy was a fucking clown and is probably responsible for 300 extra lives lost.

I was born 50 years, 50 days after the sinking..and on the 100th anniversary of the sinking, I was 50 days shy of my 50th BD..who knows wth that means, but def kinda creepy!

Fru Sandström! ❤ Vilken hjältinna! ❤️

A well spoken third class passenger. So wise, so motherly. She speaks swedish, which is my mother tongue language. You could hear her country side dialect, but her vocabulary is rich and precise.

Heartbreak

The officers did what they could. The Captain, Chief officer and First officer went down. Others were assigned to man the life boats, and others went into the water and survived by clambering onto an overturned boat. Terrible night.

I've never seen more abuse of the English language, than the comments on TH-cam. This Titanic video is a sterling example. It's clear that people didn't learn much in 5th grade English class. Everyone's comments are wrought with grammatical errors, such as run on sentences, misuse of "subject - verb agreement," and a general disregard for proper punctuation. In many cases, comments are so ill formatted, that it is difficult or even impossible to comprehend any discernible thought. In short, people are so unintelligible and seemingly uneducated, that I (personally) find it frustrating and annoying, to try and sift through their clumsy and hastily put together commentary. The world is extremely over populated with morons.

Poor people ..

WOW! What a fortunate and courageous lady.

Im 68 and some things from 50 years ago seem quite recent.

Is this actually him speaking?

A good company officer. He did not disappoint.

Imagine being on the surface of the sea and theres the propellars being raised up beside you...what a scary sight.

I'm a little skeptical about the authenticity of this. Im sure that the real broadcast was recorded. So why not use it ?

Nos hizo gracia que bajara a buscar su abrigo, su cepillo de dientes, pañuelos que me dio mi mujer y set de afeitado. (Perfectamente podría ser yo) . Pero mucha gente cuando se ve en una situación de nervios actúa así. Que dios tenga en su gloria al Señor Frederick Dent Ray.

Ah, that's interesting. They initially never had enough people to fill the boat. That explains why they allowed so many wealthy and academic people to travel either cheaply or free. I think I'd have been a bit suspicious had I realised how empty the boat had initially been too.

It shouldn't be funny, but the way he explained all the people needed to convince and "hoist" the "very fat lady" into the boat made me smile

His account is the one that struck me the most. He was in the water and truly was a survivor