Titanic Captain Would Have MISSED Iceberg?

What would've happened had the Captain been in the bridge the night Titanic hit the iceberg? Would he have known what to do? Would he handle the situation better than Murdoch? RMS Titanic was a British passenger and mail carrying ocean liner, operated by the White Star Line, that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
RMS Titanic after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,240 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner. Of its total 2,240 passengers and crew, only 706 people survived the sinking of the Titanic.
The Crew
Captain Edward John Smith, the most senior of the White Star Line's captains, was transferred from Olympic to take command of Titanic. Henry Tingle Wilde also came across from Olympic to take the post of chief mate. Titanic's previously designated chief mate and first officer, William McMaster Murdoch and Charles Lightoller, were downgraded to the ranks of first and second officer respectively, and the original second officer, David Blair, was dropped altogether. The third officer, Herbert Pitman, was the only deck officer not a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. Pitman was the second-to-last surviving officer.
According to the British enquiry after the accident, the iceberg was 1500 feet away (about a quarter of a nautical mile or 457 metres) at the time of the sighting. For a ship moving at 22.5 knots (41.7 kilometres per hour), the iceberg would accordingly have been sighted 40 seconds before impact.
Jaime Exploring

[@JaimeExploring]

First Officer William McMaster Murdoch of the Titanic has been portrayed as a hero in most accounts of the sinking. According to survivor testimonies, Murdoch played a significant role in attempting to save passengers and maintain order during the ships evacuation.

[@mike.4277]

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[@JaimeExploring]

Hello! Thank You Much!

[@yamsi12]

Not sure why people claim she was going at her top speed the night of the collision when she wasn’t.

[@JaimeExploring]

Thank You for sharing, there are so many historical Details

[@BillBaronas]

No, but she was going as fast as she could without all her boilers lit. Regardless, this is what express liners did at the time: maintain service speed until something visibly poses a threat.

[@JaimeExploring]

Thank You Bill for sharing and checking out

[@joshblair4951]

I've heard a lot of "other ships stopped. Smith should have, too." Yes, other ships stopped, once they were in the ice field. Titanic, obviously was not yet in the ice field. Very rarely (if ever) did ships slow down or stop just because of ice warnings. The typical protocol was keep a sharp eye out, and when you *see* the ice, slow down. Normally, ice would be spotted long before it was any danger to the ship. That night, unfortunately, due to weird atmospheric conditions, the ice simply wasn't spotted until it was too late to react.

[@JaimeExploring]

Thank You Josh, good Insights

[@BillBaronas]

We also need to remember that the ships that stopped were also smaller, slower, and less robustly built than Titanic and other express liners were. Californian, specifically, was a fraction of Titanic’s size and made 14 knots, in comparison to Titanic’s 22. She had more room to stop in her schedule.

[@joep4235]

fun to speculate, but in my opinion, Smith could have done nothing. Murdoch was a completely competent officer, and 23 years younger, which suggests better reflexes and certainly better vision. Nobody on the bridge had a better chance at spotting bergs than Fleet and Lee in the crow's nest, and their warning would have been sufficient if Smith had of slowed the ship down when he was first given the ice warnings 3 and a half hours earlier.

[@JaimeExploring]

Hello Joe, Thank You for sharing, appreciate, Good observation / Insights