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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:27 AM CST : HMS Titanic
If you were the captain of the Titanic, what would you have done to save your passengers?

According to all I've heard, Captain Smith more less went into shock and ceased to function as the captain of a ship after she struck that iceberg.

I think I could have saved virtually everybody onboard but I will not reveal how until I've heard other people comment on what they would have done.
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hopefloats Slim's Lady, Tennessee USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:31 AM CST : HMS Titanic
hmmm I thought there were too many on board vs. the number of rescue boats and life jackets.......or is that just in the movie.roll eyes
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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:36 AM CST : HMS Titanic
hopefloats: I thought there were too many on board vs. the number of rescue boats and life jackets.......or is that just in the movie.
No, you are absolutely correct they only had enough lifeboats for about half the people but it conformed to the outdated rules in place at the time. The lifeboats were assigned by a formula that was based on tonnage and they used the maximum tonnage on the chart but Titanic was 6X bigger than the biggest ship on the chart.
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Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:51 PM CST : HMS Titanic
The captain told the crew to steer alongside the iceberg. It has been said that if the ship went straight into the iceberg, the disater wouldn't have happened.
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SensualVixen Tampa Bay area, Florida USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:02 PM CST : HMS Titanic
ooby_dooby: If you were the captain of the Titanic, what would you have done to save your passengers?

According to all I've heard, Captain Smith more less went into shock and ceased to function as the captain of a ship after she struck that iceberg.

I think I could have saved virtually everybody onboard but I will not reveal how until I've heard other people comment on what they would have done.


Gee, thanks for giving away the ending to the movie!



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sambhava Vasteras, Vastmanland Sweden
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:11 PM CST : HMS Titanic
Had I been the captain of the Titanic I wouldn't have listened to that idiot who persuaded him to go full speed ahead in an area notorious for its icebergs just to make it a record voyage. His stupidity caused the disaster.
In response to: If you were the captain of the Titanic, what would you have done to save your passengers?

According to all I've heard, Captain Smith more less went into shock and ceased to function as the captain of a ship after she struck that iceberg.

I think I could have saved virtually everybody onboard but I will not reveal how until I've heard other people comment on what they would have done.
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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:13 PM CST : HMS Titanic
SensualVixen: Gee, thanks for giving away the ending to the movie!
I'm sure by now you would have to go to North Korea to find someone who hasn't seen the movie at least 3 times.rolling on the floor laughing
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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:17 PM CST : HMS Titanic
sambhava: Had I been the captain of the Titanic I wouldn't have listened to that idiot who persuaded him to go full speed ahead in an area notorious for its icebergs just to make it a record voyage. His stupidity caused the disaster.
You are right! His name way Ismay and I read where he survived by sneaking on a lifeboat pretending to be a woman. He was a sleeze all the way to the bone!
BTW I may have err'd was it HMS or RMS Titanic?
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Zeelander Louisville, Kentucky USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:18 PM CST : HMS Titanic
ooby_dooby: I'm sure by now you would have to go to North Korea to find someone who hasn't seen the movie at least 3 times.


Thank god I live in North Korea.... Once was more than enough.

I would have said screw the passengers.... every Captain for himself.
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Arealguy69 Auckland, Auckland New Zealand
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:47 PM CST : HMS Titanic
rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing anybody else seen the nat geo ads in this thread?rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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somechick Cincinnati Ohio, Ohio USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:05 PM CST : HMS Titanic
I don't think there would've been anything I could've done.I also doubt if all the passengers could of got off the ship alive anyway unless there would've been an ample supply of lifeboats.According to the movie Titanic the lowerclass passengers were locked down in the lower parts of the ship.
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roseofsharon Buggered if I know where...?!!, Hampshire, England UK
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:23 PM CST : HMS Titanic
ooby_dooby: You are right! His name way Ismay and I read where he survived by sneaking on a lifeboat pretending to be a woman. He was a sleeze all the way to the bone!
BTW I may have err'd was it HMS or RMS Titanic?


It was RMS Titanic, Ooby.... cheers
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roseofsharon Buggered if I know where...?!!, Hampshire, England UK
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:25 PM CST : HMS Titanic
roseofsharon: It was RMS Titanic, Ooby....



Ohh BTW, it stands for Royal Mail Ship, if you're interested?

cheers
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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:34 PM CST : HMS Titanic
somechick: I don't think there would've been anything I could've done.I also doubt if all the passengers could of got off the ship alive anyway unless there would've been an ample supply of lifeboats.According to the movie Titanic the lowerclass passengers were locked down in the lower parts of the ship.
From what I read in the transcripts of the investigation of the accident, many of the lifeboats were deployed with less than a full load of people on board. They were afraid to pick people out of the water for fear of swamping the boat. They actually rowed away from them.
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ladyfingers clovis, New Mexico USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:37 PM CST : HMS Titanic
I don't know what I would have done. When are you going to give us the solution?
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wixomwizard Wixom, Michigan USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:45 PM CST : HMS Titanic
He would have stayed in port and flown Pan Amdoh grin
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ooby_dooby Ashland, Virginia USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:45 PM CST : HMS Titanic
roseofsharon: Ohh BTW, it stands for Royal Mail Ship, if you're interested?
Thanks Rose, I figured "Royal" was in the somewhere I was stumped on the "M" though.
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icybluiz Atlantic Beach, North Carolina USA
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:53 PM CST : HMS Titanic
ooby_dooby: If you were the captain of the Titanic, what would you have done to save your passengers?

According to all I've heard, Captain Smith more less went into shock and ceased to function as the captain of a ship after she struck that iceberg.

I think I could have saved virtually everybody onboard but I will not reveal how until I've heard other people comment on what they would have done.



If I were the captain, and this may sound crazy, but I would have let the ship hit the berg straight on. I think that there would be less chance of water spilling over the bulkheads.
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roseofsharon Buggered if I know where...?!!, Hampshire, England UK
Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:06 PM CST : HMS Titanic
ooby_dooby: Thanks Rose, I figured "Royal" was in the somewhere I was stumped on the "M" though.


You are most welcome, Ooby. If my memory serves me correctly, she was commissioned for The White Star Line and built in Belfast.

Of course, you can probably Google it.....

cheers
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OUTRAGEOUS Really close to some border, Puntarenas Costa Rica
Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:09 PM CST : HMS Titanic
Arealguy69: anybody else seen the nat geo ads in this thread?


Actually, the ad I see is for a site called www.swim.com

Swim? In a Titanic thread? A sunk ship? Someones idea of a joke? confused
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