Tag: The Titanic

Captain Edward Smith was born on January 27, 1850 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. He is most noted as the captain of the doomed passenger ship the Titanic, which went down in April 1912.  Captain Smith was responsible for over 2,200 passengers and crew, more than 1,200 were killed that fateful night of April 14.  Titanic was built to the highest standards of the day and was deemed unsinkable.  The ship was built in the Harland & Wolfe shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, before setting sail to pick up its passengers in Southampton, England.  “She was fine when she left here” is a standard Irish refrain which is still used in Belfast today when conversation turns to the subject of the tragic Titanic.  Others say the Titanic was “built by Irishmen and sunk by an Englishman.”  Captain Smith was ultimately found “not responsible” for the sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage, but is that completely true?  There are a few reasons to call into question the qualifications and attentiveness of Captain Smith.