should have ej smith been the Captian of the Titanic ?

Question

the man had wrecked the Olympic twice in 2 yaers time before he got the titanic so why would white star let him have their pride and joy ?

he had the Germanic capsized under his comand. and the Baltic ran aground while he was at her helm. but the one most know about are the Olympic mishaps frist the tug in new york where he ran over a tug while leaving the habor. but the one any titanic buff knows about was the hawke mishap. where he was leaving the hobor of south hamton and was going to fast with the Olympic. and tore the war ship the hms hawke from her morings and collided with her. this is where the conspercey theroy of the Olympicand her sister being switched out and that it was the Olympic not the titanic that sunk. but we all know that was false

i'm sorry to say but her captian is what took her to the bottom he had her running full speed in a known ice flow

Answer 1

"Did the Captain of the Titanic cry?" (song - 'Someday we'll know' by Mandy Moore)

Edward Smith had wonderful credentials and the most experience of any sea captain. However, he may have been burnt out causing him to be less than competent.

"The Hawke incident was a financial disaster for White Star, and the out-of-service time for the big liner made matters worse. Olympic returned to Belfast and, to speed up the repairs, Harland and Wolff was forced to delay Titanic's completion, in order to use her propeller shaft for the Olympic.

Back at sea finally, in February 1912, Olympic lost a propeller blade and she once again returned to her builder for emergency repairs. To get her back to service immediately, Harland & Wolff yet again had to pull resources from Titanic, delaying her maiden voyage from March 20, 1912 to April 10, 1912." <1>

I wonder what would have happened if the Titanic's maiden voyage left on March 20, 1912 ... hmm.

Answer 2

A change of captain wouldn't have prevented the sinking of the Titanic. It was location, weather, and structural and design flaws of the ship herself that took her to the bottom.