Do you know if this is shown on Encyclopedia Titanica's deck plans?
Lifeboat food
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Samuel Halpern
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Mr. LOWE. Mr. Moody and myself and Mr. Pitman and Mr. Boxhall took the port boat - that is, I took the starboard, and they took the port, and we overhauled them; that is to say, we counted the oars, the rowlocks, or the hole pins, whichever you like to call them, and saw there was a mast and sail, rigging, gear, and everything else that fitted in the boats, and plugs, and also that the biscuit tank was all right, and that there were two breakers in the boat, two bailers, two plugs, and the steering rowlock; that is, the rowlock for the oar that you ship aft when there is a heavy sea running, because you can not steer by rudder when there is a heavy sea running, and you put an oar over and you have greater command over an oar and can put more power on it.
Everything was absolutely correct with the exception of one dipper. A dipper is a long thin can about that length [indicating] and about that diameter [indicating] - an inch and a quarter diameter - and you dip it down into the water breaker and draw the water. That was the only thing that was short out of our boats, and our boats were, respectively, Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15, from 1 to 15 - odd numbers. Then the even numbers were on the other side; that is, on the port side of the ship.
Senator SMITH. What else is required in those lifeboats, under the regulations of the British Board of Trade?
Mr. BOXHALL. Boat hooks, water, water breakers, bread tanks, dippers for the water breakers, balers for the boats, mast and sail, compass. I think that is all.
Senator SMITH. Lights?
Mr. BOXHALL. Oh, yes; lights and a can of oil. A lamp and a can of oil.
Senator SMITH. Do you know whether these articles required under the regulations of the British Board of Trade were in each of these lifeboats as required?
Mr. BOXHALL. All the gear was in the boats when we left Belfast; I know that. All the gear was in the boats, because I went around -
Senator SMITH. Provisions and water?
Mr. BOXHALL. Everything that the Board of Trade requires was in the boats in Belfast.
Senator SMITH. In Belfast?
Mr. BOXHALL. Yes.
Everything was absolutely correct with the exception of one dipper. A dipper is a long thin can about that length [indicating] and about that diameter [indicating] - an inch and a quarter diameter - and you dip it down into the water breaker and draw the water. That was the only thing that was short out of our boats, and our boats were, respectively, Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15, from 1 to 15 - odd numbers. Then the even numbers were on the other side; that is, on the port side of the ship.
Senator SMITH. What else is required in those lifeboats, under the regulations of the British Board of Trade?
Mr. BOXHALL. Boat hooks, water, water breakers, bread tanks, dippers for the water breakers, balers for the boats, mast and sail, compass. I think that is all.
Senator SMITH. Lights?
Mr. BOXHALL. Oh, yes; lights and a can of oil. A lamp and a can of oil.
Senator SMITH. Do you know whether these articles required under the regulations of the British Board of Trade were in each of these lifeboats as required?
Mr. BOXHALL. All the gear was in the boats when we left Belfast; I know that. All the gear was in the boats, because I went around -
Senator SMITH. Provisions and water?
Mr. BOXHALL. Everything that the Board of Trade requires was in the boats in Belfast.
Senator SMITH. In Belfast?
Mr. BOXHALL. Yes.
Samuel Halpern
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Mr. WIDGERY. The starboard side. When I got up there, it [boat No. 7] was just about to be lowered. The purser sent me along to No. 9. They had taken the canvas off of No. 9 and lowered it, and just then some biscuits came up from the storekeeper. I helped him put one of the boxes into the bottom of the boat, and the purser took hold of my arm and said, "Get in the boat." He said, "Get in the boat and help the boatswain's mate pass the ladies in."
antren
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In any case, multi-passengers were unable to locate or access the boats due to panic and lack of informationFrom the article below. Normally I don't like using Wiki but I'm being lazy today. Cheers.
They were fitted with a variety of equipment to aid the occupants, comprising 10 oars, a sea anchor, two bailers, a painter (effectively a tow-rope) 150 feet (46 m) long, two boat-hooks, two 10 imperial gallons (45 L) tanks of fresh water, a mast and sail, a compass, a lantern and watertight metal provision tanks which contained biscuits.[4] This equipment was not kept in the boats for fear of theft, but in locked boxes on the deck. In many cases, the equipment was not transferred to the boats when they were launched on 15 April and ended up going down with the ship.
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Samuel Halpern
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It looks like the transcripts from the US Senate inquiry.
There was also a British inquiry that came after.
Thank you!
Do you know where I can find the British one?
Thomas Krom
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Thank you!
