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What aspect of the Titanic's sinking?I think that the reason for the Titanic sinking has already been established
I didn't realise Hitchens was also in the position whereby he would make the call on whether or not to return and pick up survivors but wrt the command and control theme that I alluded to, there seems to be an underlying issue of 'training' or as it would appear, lack thereof; I was under a maybe misguided impression that as a seaman, you worked your way up to flagship duty under which circumstances training was implicit and experience verified by some form of screening. In such a scenario, though not impossible, it is difficult to imagine panic being the first reaction of a key crewman.As for the steering error, my opinion of Hitchens isn't that great for not going back to pick up survivors-though I can understand why he did it-I would have thought that he was trained enough to know how to handle a situation like an imminent collision.
I don't want to sound arrogant, but I would just like to see a little more evidence other than Second Officer Lightoller's confession. Its not that I don't believe him, just that this is too big a subject just to rely on an eyewitness alone
yes, that is really a fantastic heirloom, have you done anyting to preserve it?