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Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller, DSC & Bar, RD, RNR (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was a British mariner and naval officer who was the second officer on board the RMS Titanic.
Lightoller boarded the Titanic two weeks before her maiden voyage, and sailed as First Officer for the sea trials. As the sailing day approached, however, Captain Smith made Henry T. Wilde, of the Olympic, his Chief Officer.
Jun 22, 2005 · Lightoller counted heads, and found that there were 705 survivors of the 2,201 persons on board the Titanic. He was the only living senior officer, and so took the responsibility of leading the crew. Passengers also approached him, asking about the possibility of their loved ones having survived.
Serving as the second officer aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic, the 38-year-old was already a seasoned veteran by the time of the disaster, just short of midnight on April 14, 1912.
The one that Lightoller found himself on was dangerously overloaded and was minutes away from sinking before the people on board were hoisted onto the Carpathia, a passenger steamship that had responded to the distress calls of the Titanic.
Apr 29, 2007 · On the 15th of April nineteen hundred and twelve the Titanic struck an iceberg and in a couple of hours a great liner had sunk on her maiden voyage at a cost in human life of fifteen hundred souls.
Jul 11, 2019 · "I Was There - The Sinking of the Titanic" is a radio broadcast by Titanic's senior surviving officer, Charles Herbert Lightoller, heard on the BBC in 1936.2...
An interview with Titanic survivor Charles Herbert Lightoller from November 1, 1936.
In this detailed narration, Charles Lightoller, the Second Officer of the Titanic gives his account of the Titanic's maiden voyage and sinking.
Mar 30, 2020 · Charles Herbert Lightoller led a titanic life. Born on 30 March 1874 in in Chorley, Lancashire, England, Lightoller was second officer on Titanic and the most senior officer to survive the sinking. He was a hero in both the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy.
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