Shortly after 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, Captain Edward John Smith made his way to the deck of the Titanic after feeling a strange vibration. He asked a crew member what the ship had struck and ...

Over a century has passed since the Titanic slipped beneath the icy ... Among them, is Captain Edward John Smith, who stood at his wheel until the very end. As the ship's commander, Smith's ...

A Sunderland-based steamship may well have been the last vessel to see the Titanic before she struck the iceberg. 9th June 1911: Captain John Smith (1850 - 1912) and Lord James Pirrie, Chairman of ...

Ever since the Titanic sank in the early morning of April 15, 1912, killing 1,517 people, researchers have puzzled over Captain Edward Smith's seeming disregard of warnings that icebergs were in ...