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107 #43: The lookouts had reported seeing icebergs before the collision

TRUE (possibly). We know from the water temperature that Titanic was in the ice region from 8 p.m. and that

TRUE (possibly!). In theory, searchlights would have alerted the lookouts to the fact that Titanic was at that time steaming

FALSE. There was some discussion at the Inquiry about whether the iceberg which Titanic struck was a ‘blue’ or ‘dark’

TRUE. But there were dozens of icebergs, and a very large icefield in the immediate area in which Titanic sank.

FALSE. Captain Smith excused himself from the Wideners’ dinner party, where he did not drink, at about 8.45 p.m., and

FALSE. Hard-a-starboard was the first order given, but this was immediately followed by the opposite order, ‘Hard-a-port’. This was a