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April 25, 2019 Titanic

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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April 16, 2019 Titanic

107 #65: Captain Smith had a mental breakdown following the collision, which rendered him ineffective

FALSE. Although Captain Smith suddenly found himself in an impossible and overwhelming situation, which must have been unbelievable to the

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March 21, 2019 Titanic

107 #39: Captain Smith was in bed when Titanic collided with the iceberg

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

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March 6, 2019 Titanic

107 #24: Captain Smith was drunk at the time of the collision

FALSE. Although it is true that Captain Smith had attended a dinner party earlier that evening held in his honour

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March 4, 2019 Titanic

107 #22: Captain Smith should have slowed down for ice

TRUE. But in clear weather, and only if he had actually seen ice in his path and determined that it

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February 27, 2019 Titanic

107 #17: Captain Smith was accident-prone

TRUE. But only in this new class of liner. Captain Smith had not become one of the most successful and

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