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An artist’s rendering of the Titanic hitting the iceberg, though the actual collision was likely more glancing. Captain Edward J. Smith (right) is shown here with the Titanic’s purser ...
While Titanic Captain Edward John Smith’s official cause of death remains one of history’s enduring mysteries, author Dan E. Parkes has thrown cold water on theories that he took his own life ...
One of the more recognizable figures from the Titanic is the ship’s captain, Edward Smith. In his new book Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and the Spy, out now from Amberley Publishing ...
In a new book, author Dan E. Parkes explores the mystery surrounding RMS Titanic captain Edward Smith's death during the ship's infamous sinking Parkes utilizes eyewitness accounts from the tragedy, ...
He claimed that they were telling a Titanic lie. While Titanic Captain Edward John Smith’s official cause of death remains one of history’s enduring mysteries, author Dan E. Parkes has thrown ...
The Titanic's captain, Edward Smith, has therefore been apportioned with blame. It has also been suggested that Captain Smith may have been drunk or was not even on the ship's bridge when it hit ...
A Sunderland-based steamship may well have been the last vessel to see the Titanic before she struck the iceberg. 9th June 1911: Captain John Smith (1850 - 1912) and Lord James Pirrie, Chairman of ...
Over a century has passed since the Titanic slipped beneath the icy ... Among them, is Captain Edward John Smith, who stood at his wheel until the very end. As the ship's commander, Smith's ...
The big one was big enough to sink the Titanic. He strongly advised the captain to change course to avoid a potential disaster. Captain Smith ignored the warning from the strangely named French ...
A former MI5 spy is found dead from a shotgun wound by a terrified maid who screams when she sees him lying in a pool of blood at his luxury London flat. A partially blind widow is struck down by ...