FALSE. Although Californian was only about 10 miles away, she would not have begun to move until after Titanic’s rockets
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107 #63: There was a ‘mystery ship’ between the Titanic and the Californian which could have saved everyone, but it sailed away without responding to Titanic’s distress signals
FALSE. Apologists for Captain Lord have tried to come up with the names of other ships in an attempt to
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107 #62: The Californian saw Titanic’s distress signals but ignored them
TRUE. The Californian had narrowly avoided running into the same icefield that Titanic would have collided with, had she not
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107 #61: The Californian was about 20 miles away from the sinking Titanic
FALSE. The stationary Californian was only about 10 miles away to the northwards of the sinking Titanic all night. We
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107 #60: Titanic’s distress message was picked up on the roof of a New York Department store
FALSE. David Sarnoff, a radio operator who worked for Wanamaker’s in New York, did relay messages from the Olympic and
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London Titanic walking tour
Many visitors to London have contacted me in advance of their trip to ask if I can guide them around
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