FALSE, probably. Ismay got into the last lifeboat to be lowered on the starboard side, Collapsible C, at about 2
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107 #76: Titanic’s Marconi operators knocked a stoker unconscious and left him to die
TRUE. Bride and Phillips did overcome a stoker who was attempting to steal Phillips’ lifejacket. Bride referred to this incident
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107 #75: The band on Titanic played Nearer My God To Thee as the ship sank
TRUE, possibly. The band began by playing light, cheerful music, including waltzes, ragtime tunes, and the popular comic songs of
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107 #74: Captain Smith of Titanic advised those on board near the end to ‘be British’
FALSE. Although this is engraved on his memorial and featured in many films, it’s just another myth popularised by the
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107 #72: Third class passengers were kept below as Titanic sank and were prevented from entering the lifeboats
FALSE. But this is possibly true in the case of some Third Class men, in some parts of the ship,
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107 #71: Titanic’s first officer allowed a lifeboat with a capacity of 40 to leave with only five passengers in it
TRUE. First Officer Murdoch, loading lifeboats on Titanic’s starboard side, allowed men into lifeboats as long as there was space
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