If you think it is please give me a reason why and if not please give me a reason why
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2007-12-10 08:43:50 · 8 answers · asked by superflyflyer95 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The captain of a ship has the ultimate responsiblity of his ship. He is responsible for all issues regarding the safety and security of his ship.
It is his responsibility to set a watch and to be aware of the conditions of the lane of traffic he is following.
He does not have to physically go about the routine duties, but he is responsible for any failure in that routine.
2007-12-10 09:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by NAnZI pELOZI's Forced Social 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately, the captain of any vessel (naval or merchant) is responsible for everything that happens or doesn't happen while s/he is in command. There may be overwhelming factors that mitigate how much--if any--responsibility the captain will ultimately bear in an incident; however, it comes down to the captain in the end. That said, EJ Smith can be forgiven many actions that were or weren't taken on his watch as Titanic was part of a new generation of ships and those with the most experience at sea weren't necessarily the best equipped the new generation of liners. Add the technolgies which did or didn't work properly, the lack of sufficient lifeboat capacity for the total ship's complement, and a shipping line owner pressuring him to try and set a new speed record for the crossing, and it becomes amazing that things weren't far worse than they were.
2007-12-10 09:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by psyop6 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is partly his fault for having the ignorant belief that an iceberg couldn't hurt a ship. It is also the fault of the company the ship was made by. For one they didn't put enough life boats on the ship and two they possibly had a flaw in the design of the ship. Researchers are still looking into that last one. It is also partly the British government of the times fault. They only required a certain amount of life boats on ships and it was not enough for all the people that were going to be on that ship. However, hindsight is 20/20 and no one could have forseen a disaster like that.
2007-12-10 08:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by christina h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that J. Bruce Ismay might have been at fault for the fee... he did want the big to conquer the Olympic's checklist for crossing the atlantic. The Marconi on the spot did injury down for some hours and the on the spot opperators did have rather some own messages that they have been paid to deliver. they have been so snowed under in messages that they did no longer have time to deliver a needed message of ice to the bridge. Murdoch replaced into on the bridge that nighttime and it replaced right into a moonless and calm nighttime, and it replaced into rather puzzling to % out something interior the nighttime as there replaced into no breakwater on the backside of any bergs. there replaced right into a lacking set of binoculars that no one had seen considering that southampton. I have not have been given any concept who's at fault for the sinking, in spite of the undeniable fact that it replaced right into a mix of aspects; the climate, the fee, the lacking binoculars, the on the spot breakdown... it replaced into, i think, the two rather unlucky, or the act of a greater robust being. i do no longer think in curses, in spite of the undeniable fact that, no one will ever comprehend what somewhat happened, we are able to in basic terms guess with the information and the fiction. i'm hoping this facilitates. :)
2016-11-15 04:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Court of Inquiry did not hold Captain Smith to blame but a lot of others were heavily criticized
2007-12-10 09:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the captain was merely sailng the ship, if it were anyones fault, i'd say it was the team that designed the ships fault. Because they should have chose a stronger rivet, and could have saved many lives by putting a second row of lifebots (which they had room for but opted out to make the deck more aestheticly pleasing.) But i'd say it's impossible to blame the sinking on a single person.
2007-12-10 08:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by Bellamuerte117 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Unfortunately YES IT IS.
The captain of any vessel bears absolute responsibility.
For example, even though the drunken third mate of the EXXON VALDEZ crashed the ship, it was still captain Joseph Hazlewood who was court-martialed at a Coast Guard Board of Inquiry.
So yes it was Captain Edward John Smith of the TITANIC who bore ultimate responsibility for the collision and sinking.
2007-12-10 08:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes beacuse he didn't listen to the people
2007-12-10 09:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by Jon K 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋