Edward Smith (sea captain)
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Commander Edward John Smith was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, who became best known as the captain of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic.
Captain Smith in his summer whites
Left to right: William Murdoch, Joseph Evans, David Alexander, and Edward Smith aboard Olympic
Smith (right) with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on 11 April 1912, one of the last photos taken of either man.
Illustration of the sinking of the Titanic
Titanic
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RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the 2,208 passengers
Edward Smith (sea captain)
…January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, who became best known as the captain of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic. Born in Hanley, Staffordshire, Smith joined the British Merchant Navy at age 17 as an apprentice, beginning a long and distinguished mercantile career…
RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912
RMS Olympic's rudder with central and port wing propellers; the man at the bottom shows scale.
Marconi Company receiving equipment for a 5-kilowatt ocean liner station in the wireless radio room of Titanic's sister ship, Olympic
The only known picture of Titanic's wireless radio room, taken by the Catholic priest Francis Browne. Harold Bride is seated at the desk.