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Titanic History Wednesday, April 15, 2026 |
| 1912 - 12:00 AM: Shipbuilder Thomas Andrews was on the bridge and he and Smith took a fast tour of the ship's forward area. They were back on the bridge in 10 minutes.
1912 - 12:10 AM: Captain E. J. Smith asked how long until the ship was submerged and Shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, after some fast calculations, told him, "An hour and a half. Possibly two. Not much longer." Smith ordered the boats uncovered. 1912 - 12:15 AM: Captain Smith walked into the wireless room and tells Phillips to send the call for assistance. He handed him the paper with the position of the ship and returned to the bridge. The order had been given to get the passengers up and into lifebelts. Many, still confused as to why they had been awakened, lined up at the purser's office to get their valuables. Most were still unaware of the urgency and made no preparations to leave the ship. 1912 - 12:25 AM: The order had been passed to load the boats. 1912 - 12:40 AM: Boat number 7 was the first to be lowered with 27 people in a boat designed for 65. The boat rowed away from the ship and its passengers sat for the next 90 minutes watching Titanic sink. 1912 - 12:55 AM: Lifeboat 6 portside was lowered. Margaret Brown was picked up and dropped into the descending boat. The passengers noticed there was only one man present and called for more to aid in rowing. Major Arthur Peuchen was allowed by Lightoller to slide down the falls, the only man Lightoller let into a lifeboat. Boat 6 contained 28 passengers, even though it was made for 65. 1912 - 1:00 AM: Lifeboat 3 was launched from the starboard side with 50 people aboard. Minutes later another lifeboat of the same size, Lifeboat 1, was lowered containing only 12 people. All were designed to hold 65. 1912 - 1:40 AM: Most of the boats forward have gone. Collapsible C has been put in the davits in place of the now departed number 1 and Chief Officer Wilde calls for woman and children, no one responds. wasmay and first class passenger Billy Carter (the owner of the Renault in forward hold #2) get into the boat and it was lowered. By now the lwast was pronounced enough that the boat has to be pushed away from the hull so the rivets will not tear the canvas that makes up it's sides. 1912 - 1:55 AM: Lightoller returned to load boat 4 through the windows of the promenade deck. Again a boat was lowered with too few seamen and Quartermaster Perkins slides down the falls to help. Seven more men were pulled from the water, two die of exposure. 1912 - 2:05 AM: Captain Smith went to the wireless room and released the operators from their duty. Phillips started to gather their papers while Bride kept working the key. Smith returned to his bridge to await his fate. 1912 - 2:10 AM: Collapsible B was washed from the deck while the seamen were attempting to attach the davits. The men working on it including Lightoller found themselves in the water. The boat floated away upside down. 1912 - 2:20 AM: Titanic was completely submerged. 1912 - 3:30 AM: The Titanic survivors adrift in the lifeboats, first saw Carpathia's Rockets. 1912 - 4:10 AM: Carpathia arrived at the site of the sinking, and began to take on survivors. Lifeboat 2 was the first to be picked up. 1912 - 8:10 AM: Lifeboat 12, the last one afloat, was picked up by the Carpathia. 1912 - 8:30 AM: The Californian arrived at the site. 1912 - 8:50 AM: Carpathia left the site for New York, leaving the Californian to pick up the bodies. 1875 - 1st class passenger Mr Edward Pomeroy Colley was born in County Kildare, Ireland. 1914 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Elizabeth "Eliza" Hocking died in a road traffic accident at the age of 56. 1939 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Elizabeth Anne Mellinger and her daughter, Madeleine Violet Mellinger, together with Emma Bliss and Samuel John Collins met for a Titanic reunion dinner at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1975 - 3rd class survivor Master Meier Moor died of natural causes at the age of 70. It was the 63rd anniversary of the sinking. 1961 - 3rd class survivor Miss Bertha Bridget Moran died of natural causes in Michigan, USA at the age of 77. It was the 49th anniversary of the sinking. 1898 - 3rd class survivor Miss Jamila ("Amelia Garrett") Nicola-Yarred was born. 1890 - 3rd class survivor Mr David Vartanian was born to Azadia Vartanian and Sierma Agoien in Turkish Armenia. 1964 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Selma Augusta Emilia Asplund died of an intestinal obstruction at the age of 90. 1868 - Postal Clerk Mr Oscar Scott Woody was born. |
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Corey's Interviews: Liam Tuohy
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Who are you and what was your role in Titanic? My name is Liam Tuohy originally from Dublin, Ireland where I worked for many years in the entertainment industry before my move to Los Angeles some ten years ago to pursue my movie career. The role I played in "Titanic" was that of real-life survivor and last off the ship, 'Chief Baker Joughin'. When I researched, I discovered that while he was a heavy drinker, Joughin performed some heroic deeds before the sinking. We actually filmed one (which did not make the final cut) in which he was seen to toss deckchairs overboard for passengers to cling onto if they couln't make it into a lifeboat. How did you get this role? Like most of my fellow cast members I auditioned in June 1996 in Los Angeles. The tape was sent onto director James Cameron. Strangely, I never got a 'call back' and received a phone call some three months later from my amazed agent to say that I was cast for the movie. I'm not quite sure why they picked me - maybe throwing a bottle of Guinness over my head during the audition did the trick after all! What was your typical day like? There was no such thing simply because we were on 'night shoots' for most of the movie. I was originally supposedly booked for two weeks, but because most of my scenes were with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, I spent over five months shooting in Mexico. My 'typical day' officially started with my 4pm call to studio to work from 6 or 7pm until sun-up the following day. We wouldn't always be filming so then we would be kept on 'hold' at either the studio dressing rooms or back at our hotel. What was your impression of the final cut of the movie? I saw the final cut at our special 'cast premiere' just a few days before the official release and just like everyone else I was completely blown away. Like any other actor, some of my feelings were mixed because a few of my scenes didn't make the final cut, but overall I was most proud to have been part of such a great epic. Did you have any ideas or suggestions that you contributed to the movie? Did they make the final cut? Actually one of my ideas did. I showed the director my silver whiskey flask and told him it dated back to the era of 'Titanic' because my dad and his dad before him had passed it down the generations. Alluding to my movie character James Cameron contended that the Baker wouldn't get drunk on such a small amount. I countered that he would have it as 'back-up'. Later, during that night when the wind kicked in, they were impeded shooting because 'Titanic' sank in still waters. So James Cameron then created the 'drinking scene' for the baker at the back of the ship in which we used my dad's flask. I was very proud of that moment. |
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