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Henry Tingle Wilde, RNR (21 September 1872 – 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer who was the chief officer of the RMS Titanic. He died when the ship sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912. Early life. Henry Tingle Wilde was born on 21 September 1872 in Walton, north of Liverpool, England.
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Sep 1, 1996 · Learn about the life and career of Henry Tingle Wilde, the chief officer of the Titanic who died in the disaster. Find out how he joined the White Star Line, what he did on the Titanic, and what happened to his family after the tragedy.
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Lieutenant Henry Tingle Wilde was the Chief Officer of the RMS Titanic. He didn't survive the Titanic disaster. Henry Wilde was christened at the Loxley Congregational Chapel in Bradfield, Yorkshire on October 24th, 1872. He was the son of Henry Wilde, an insurance surveyor from Ecclesfield...
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Henry Tingle Wilde was born on 21 September, 1872 and grew up in Walton, Liverpool. Aged 17 he began his apprenticeship with Messers. James Chambers & Co., Liverpool. Completing this in 1893 he stayed with the company and served as third mate on the Greystoke Castle and later as third mate on the Hornsby Castle.
For many years Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde, from Liverpool, has been unfairly considered an "enigma" due to the limited amount of information on his life and actions aboard Titanic during the sinking. He has been variously portrayed as aloof, a depressed widower and inactive during the evacuation.
"Henry Tingle Wilde was not considered a man given to flights of fancy. A tall, powerfully built man, just thirty-eight, he too had worked his ranks from a ship's apprentice in the old square-rigged ships, through the ranks until his appointment as chief officer of the Olympic in May 1911.
Sep 21, 2020 · Henry Tingle Wilde, Titanic’s chief officer, was born in Liverpool on 21 September 1872. Wilde served on a number of White Star Line ships over the years, mainly on the company’s Liverpool-New York and Australian routes, including Arabic (1902), Celtic (1901), Medic and Cymric.
