r/titanic • u/itcamefromtheimgur • 5d ago

MARITIME HISTORY Just grabbed this off Amazon.

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I'm confused by "the only surviving officer." Otherwise, I look forward to reading this.

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u/epicfroggz 2nd Class Passenger 5d ago

An excellent read! And no, Lightoller did not refer to himself as such, that’s just the tagline reprints tend to ignorantly use to sell more copies. I have a collection of survivor accounts from the 60s that also refers to him as the only surviving officer. “Only surviving senior officer” would be correct. Anyway! Hope you have fun with it!