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  1. 21 hours ago · Smith also acknowledged this report, and showed it to White Star Line chairman J. Bruce Ismay, aboard Titanic for her maiden voyage. Smith ordered a new course to be set, to take the ship farther south. At 13:45, the German ship SS Amerika, which was a short distance to the south, reported she had "passed two large icebergs".

    • Collision with iceberg on 14 April
    • 1,490–1,635
    • 14–15 April 1912; 111 years ago
  2. 1 day ago · "The Last Lifeboat" tells the story of J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic and a vice president of the White Star Line when the Titanic set sail.The play shows his life starting in childhood and ...

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · White Star Line's chairman J Bruce Ismay was vilified by the press for getting in a lifeboat, with many considering he'd selfishly saved himself. Dubbed one of the "greatest cowards in history ...

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  5. Apr 15, 2024 · The Titanic was originally owned by J Bruce Ismay who was chairman of the White Star Line. The British businessman was determined to produce a fleet of luxury ships that would blow his biggest competitors out of the water. First was The Olympic which was completed in 1911 and was a complete success.

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · The Titanic was originally owned by J Bruce Ismay who was chairman of the White Star Line. The British businessman was determined to produce a fleet of luxury ships that would blow his biggest ...

  7. Apr 19, 2024 · And the 1997 blockbuster Titanic perpetuated the false narrative that J. Bruce Ismay, the highest-ranking White Star Line official to survive the ship’s sinking, was a coward who contributed to ...

  8. Apr 23, 2024 · Remarkably, four escaped on the same lifeboat as the Titanic’ s owner J. Bruce Ismay, while another was the last person rescued alive from the water. Those six men were forgotten by history until, in 2020, the film maker Arthur Jones and historian Steven Schwankert joined forces in a bid to track down those men in the historical records and ...

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