Deceiving night caused Captain Lord to conclude that Titanic was a nearby cargo ship with no wireless and a slack crew who would not reply to his Morse lamp
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A Very Deceiving Night: N52W
As Carpathia collects survivors, there is still huge confusion caused by the atmospheric conditions about whether the circumstances of the Titanic
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A Very Deceiving Night: The graveyard watch
It is possible that Titanic appeared to the Californian to be steaming away rather than sinking, according to testimony from Stone and Gibson
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A Very Deceiving Night: Stooping rockets
Stooping rockets from the Titanic caused by the atmospheric conditions meant that they did not appear correctly to the crew of the Californian
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A Very Deceiving Night: Scintillating Morse
Extreme scintillation on the night Titanic sank meant that the Titanic and the Californian could not read each other’s Morse lights properly.
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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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