Who is the Captain of Titanic?
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THE CAPTAIN OF TITANIC: EDWARD JOHN SMITH
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If there is one single person who could have averted history it was surely the captain of the Titanic, Edward John Smith.
Who was Edward John Smith?
Born on January 27, 1850, in Hanley, Staffordshire, England, Captain Edward J. Smith joined the White Star Line in 1880 as the Fourth Officer of the SS Celtic. He served aboard liners to Australia and to New York, where he quickly rose in stature.
As one of the world's most experienced sea captains, Smith was called upon to take first command of the lead ship in a new class of ocean liners, the Olympic, the largest vessel in the world at that time. The maiden voyage from Southampton to New York was successfully concluded on 21 June 1911, but as the ship was docking in New York harbour, a small incident took place. Docking at Pier 59 under the command of Captain Smith with the assistance of a harbour pilot,
Despite some minor incidents onboard Olympic, Smith was again appointed in command of the greatest steamship when RMS Titanic left Southampton for her maiden voyage. Although some sources state that he had decided to retire after completing Titanic's maiden voyage, an article in the Halifax Morning Chronicle on 9 April 1912 stated that Smith would remain in charge of the Titanic "until the Company (White Star Line) completed a larger and finer steamer."
Bruce Ismay was adamant that that Smith would be captain of Titanic as he possessed the look and demeanor of a man to captain the greatest ship in the world. On paper it must have seemed incredibly easy to take control of the world's first unsinkable ship/
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Captain Edward Smith
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