Titanic Sinking The Myths: Deliberately Turned Toward The Iceberg

Titanic was the largest passenger liner in service when it sank. There is irony in the fact that I have been master of the smallest Coast Guard inspected vessel in today’s U.S. passenger fleet (20 feet in length, 14 people). My command is smaller than either of the lost liner's two emergency cutter lifeboats. Despite the disparity in size between my vessel and Titanic, experience on the water has taught me about passenger vessels and the crews that sail them. Along the way, I've also learned about how passengers react as they place their souls into the hands of people they do not know and boats of unknown quality. I have also gained firsthand experience of the danger a licensed merchant officer faces if he cooperates fully with authorities investigating a marine casualty.