Did Captain John Smith from Titanic avoid signals of the iceberg?
no he did not Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was the captain of the RMS Titanic when it sank in 1912. He and his wife had a daughter named Helen Melville Smith. There is a statue to his legacy in Lichfield, England 10:45 PM – Iceberg warnings On the night of Sunday, 14 April 1912 the temperature had dropped to near freezing and the ocean was completely calm. There was no moon and the sky was clear. Second Officer Charles Lightoller later wrote, “the sea was like glass.” Captain Edward Smith, perhaps in response to iceberg warnings received by wireless over the previous few days, had altered the Titanic’s course around 10 miles (18 km) south of the normal shipping route. That Sunday at 1:45 p.m., a message from the steamer SS Amerika warned that large icebergs lay south of the Titanic’s path but the warning was addressed to the USN Hydrographic office and was never relayed to the bridge. Iceberg warnings were received throughout the day but were qui
