californian

Hello everyone, Long time reader, first time poster. There has been much discussion over the superior mirage/refraction theory (which I find compelling) and the effect this may have had on the crew's ability to spot the iceberg; not to mention it could also explain the error in Titanic's...

I've been reading thru the threads on this...the fors and against. I know its been covered over and over but I have a simple question. If it took the Californian 3+ hours to reach the sinking site in the morning, why wouldnt it have taken her that long to reach Titanic the night before? Curious.

Virtual Sailor and Vehicle Simulator are two video games made and updated since 1999 that allow you to pilot / sail all kinds of ships including very recently the Titanic, Olympic, Britannic, Carpathia and other famous ocean-liners and ships. Kyle Hudak (of Titanic: Honor & Glory fame) is known...

This is a question for the mariners here. The Californian had accommodations to carry 47 passengers. But as reported she carried no passengers on her trip during the April 15th 1912 time period. If a ship like her no passengers would the crew get to utilize those spaces? Sort of a like a little...

Hello everyone, In over a week's time, I will be visiting the Guildhall Library, London after recent personal events have given me the opportunitiy to visit. Along with general Titanic research, I might be able to find out some more info about the Californian's cargo and / or arrival and...

A bit of a silly question, but what was the ice surrounding the Californian like? Was it just small chunks / slabs of loose ice floating around ("growlers"), cracked slabs surrounding the ship or something else? Example photo above taken from Google.

Hello All, I have recently been doing a lot of research on this matter, there are many, many threads on this topic, what has become apparent on reading them is the strength of passion this arouses in both sides of the argument. There are those who feel that if only the Californian had acted...

On the 29th September 1900, the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd would receive an order from the Leyland Line to construct a new ship that would be the largest ever built in Dundee. This ship would become the SS Californian. In what initially began as a small sentence in a...

Hello, after a few months of an extensive research I published the first two of the four part series on Titanic's mirage theory. My articles are now now available online free of charge. https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wea.3243...

I've recently discovered the world of 1:1250 Model Ships where you can buy metal painted waterline models of ships to recreate miniature docks, ocean crossings and general dioramas. Along with making more famous and modern ships, they also create ships from lesser known shipping lines like the...

For you engineers. I did a search but couldn't find what I was looking for. When the California stopped for the night and around the time when the rockets were observed what state would the California's boilers have been in? Hypothetically if the radio operator was awoken after the rockets were...

In the scene in the Californian Marconi Room, Evans remarks to Groves , ""You could wind the detector." and places his hand on the detector. Would or would he not have wound the detector before going to bed ? Later , when Groves comes back the room, the sound of Titanic's "CQD SOS" is heard in...

As most of you probably know some witnesses described the Californian approaching and retreating. Right now there are a few theories that deal with this. 1. There was a mystery ship or two. 2. The Californian was swinging, creating an impression of approaching or retreating. 3. A change in...

Hi all, Does anyone know if there was icevfield between Titanic and Californian? If there was then the Californian would have had to navigate through the gaps in 5he ice, break through it etc. Surely it would have been probably unlikely Californian would have got to Titanic to have been able to...

Since joining this website and researching a Titanic book, I been writing since late 2016, I been surprised to find out how many myths or inaccurate stories have since morphed into fact and been reprinted in dozens of other Titanic Books and other forms of media. This ranges from Newspaper...

Hi. I am in a dispute with someone, about this. I have seen "Titanic" by James Cameron. I found this "Deleted" scene. Someone claims they have an "original" Titanic film with the following "deleted scene." I have seen this film many times. In fact, when I saw it in the theaters in 1997...

Just after the collision, there was one ship which was pretty close from the Titanic : the SS Californian. As most of use us know, despite the many efforts of the Titanic, they never responded to the distress calls. I think theTitanic stopped just after colliding the iceberg for at least two...

Consider the following extracts from the Wreck Commissioner's final report: "At about 11 p.m. a steamer's light was seen approaching from the eastward. The Master went to Evans' room and asked, "What ships he had. Navigators and seamen in 1912 did not speak vaguely about compass...

What caused the Titanic disaster?

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