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Old 01-18-2012, 12:19 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city View Post
Wasn't a Brit at the helm of the Titanic?
From memory I think Smith was sleeping or in his cabin when they hit the berg but he did order "full steam ahead" before he left the bridge.

The biggest mistake though was trying to avoid impact and not to ram the iceberg head on, The Titanic would have survived a head on collision.
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