passengers of the ship after the disaster say, they saw him with a young child swimmin to a life boat then going back down to the ship, others say he shot himself. his body was never found, his death remains a mytery, but does anyone know how he really died?
2006-10-24 08:08:48 · 11 answers · asked by polly 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Congradulations! You have just asked a question that has been bugging historians ever since the ship went down. Noone really knows how Captian Smith died. I can tell you that he did not shoot himself. There are two possabilities of his death. 1) He was last seen standing on the bridge (where they steer the ship) after that part of the ship was under water, noone saw him. and 2) They say it could have been him that handed a baby to the men standing on top of an over turned lifeboat. That is a possability, but still, noone knows for sure. I am a Titanic historian, and I for one believe he died on the bridge.
2006-10-24 08:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by ? 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
capitain Edward john smith captained the famous ill fated white star line passenger liner the titanic who sank on his madan voyage the ship was considered to be unsinkable due to engineering advances. however, on April 14 1912 the ship struck an ice-burg sinking within hours as the ship had bean considered 'unsinkable' there was not enough life boats to accommodate all the passengers with the result their were few survives. i have not come across the story of cap tin smith swimming away with a child but from what i know it was to be his retiring voyage. Edward john smith lived in Henley stoke on Trent as a child and went to school their.
historical books and websit conserend with the area will contain reforences to him
try The Man Who Sank the "Titanic"?: Life and Times of Captain Edward J.Smith (Paperback)
by Gary Cooper may enlighten you
2006-10-24 16:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The captain goes down with the ship. Most people say that after he gave the order to abandon ship, he locked himself on the bridge and went down with it.
2006-10-24 15:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jon C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very sad story. After a long career, he was looking forward to retirement after his trip on the Titanic. One survivor claimed to have seen him in the water after the ship went down, but that claim was never verified.
2006-10-24 15:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by sandislandtim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a contemporary newspaper report giving accounts by eye witnesses (Washington Times) on this link: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:YPO5psErsQ0J:www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/4070/+captain+smith+the+titanic&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=14 according to which the Captain made two attempts at suicide. The first was in the library, where he was surprised by fellow officers with a revolver in his hand and relieved of it. Efforts were subsequently made to get him onto a life raft, but he resisted and threw himself into the sea to drown.
2006-10-25 09:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well actually, he was my Great Uncle. (if your talking about the actual Captain of the Titanic) and he went down with the ship like every Captain should when their boat sinks.
hope this helped!
2006-10-24 15:22:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surprisingly little is known about Smith's actions in the last two hours of the ships life. His legendary skills of leadership seem to have left him, he was curiously indecisive and unusually cautious.
He was last seem in the bridge area having given the final order to abandon ship. He appears to have made no attempt to save himself. His body, if recovered, was never identified
2006-10-24 15:12:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always heard he went down with his ship. Most captains in that time period went down with their ship because of the nobility of it. their deaths would be erectified for doing this.
But in the books you dont hear much about him, probably because the people reporting on these Books (the surviving passangers) didn't pay much attention due to trying to save their own lives.
But I believe he went down with his ship... he had to of felt guilty for allowing it to happen.
2006-10-24 15:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by cecilia m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows how he died,the popular theory is that he went down on the ship; ,just type"titanic" into your p.c.,there are loads of very informative web sites,best of luck,don't get hooked,it can be fascinating!
2006-10-24 16:16:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can we talk about Captain Morgan instead?
2006-10-24 15:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by Cru A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋