FALSE. The only evidence we have of Titanic’s engines being put in reverse comes from Fourth officer Boxhall, who did
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107 #34: Titanic was going at the maximum speed she was capable of when she sighted the iceberg
FALSE. Although Titanic’s engine telegraph was set to ‘full speed ahead’ at the time, and the ship was going faster
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107 #33: If Titanic’s lookouts had had binoculars, they’d have spotted the iceberg earlier
FALSE. Binoculars are intended for inspecting objects which have first been picked up by the naked eye. Using them to
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107 #32: Titanic’s lookouts could smell the ice that night
TRUE. The reference in James Cameron’s 1997 film, Titanic, to lookout Reginald Lee’s claim that he could ‘smell ice’ stems
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107 #31: ‘Keep a lookout for small ice’ was a standing joke amongst Titanic’s lookouts
TRUE. It is interesting to note that earlier Lightoller had ordered that the Crow’s Nest be telephoned a second time
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107 #30: All eight members of the Goodwin family died in the Titanic sinking
TRUE. Frederick Goodwin was a 42-year-old electrical engineer living in a terraced house in Fulham, England, with his wife, Augusta,
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