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Tag: Californian

August 16, 2017 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Too near for wireless

Captain Lord of the Californian concluded that Titanic did not have a wireless and therefore did not believe it was the Titanic at all.

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Looming Titanic
June 21, 2017 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Looming Titanic

Looming made the Titanic appear nearer but it did not change her angular size, thus making her appear to the Californian to be smaller than she really was.

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A Very Deceiving Night
April 26, 2017 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Imaginary light

Survivors in Titanic’s lifeboats described the Californian as an imaginary light, getting very close to the truth about the looming Californian that night

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March 1, 2017 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Looming Californian

Witnesses on the Titanic said the Californian masthead lights seemed to gradually approach and approach, and then recede again, before vanishing completely

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December 28, 2016 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Where was the Californian?

The California Titanic distance apart is a key factor the night Titanic sank. Influence of south-running Labrador Current.

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October 26, 2016 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: We were swinging, but very, very slowly

The stationary Californian was equally confusing to Titanic, because Californian was gradually swinging clockwise, through south

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