TITANIC REMEMBERED.

Titanic Live: April 15th, 1912, 12.48 AM - Still on watch duty at the stern of Titanic more than an hour after the collision, Quartermaster George Rowe is surprised to look down and see Lifeboat Number 7 in the water, and above what appear to be other boats being swung out on the aft end of the Boat Deck. Though he did witness and feel the iceberg slip by his spot on the deck at 11.40 (comparing the sight to that of a “windjammer” or small sailing vessel) he is quite incredibly still unaware at all that Titanic is in fact going down, and calls the bridge to make sure no mistake has been made. After identifying himself to the incredulous officers on the bridge and being informed of the impending disaster, he is now asked to retrieve signal rocket detonators from a nearby locker and bring them topside. George Rowe photographed at his home in Southampton, 1963 Rowe Family Archives/THS Titanic Live: April 15th, 1912, 1.55 AM - Sometime after seeing his young wife Madeleine into port side B...