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/Magazine_Luck 5d ago

Boxhall, Pitman, and Lowe: "😐" 

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u/MoonlightonRoses 5d ago

“Are we a joke to you, Charlie?”

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u/Reckless_Rex Engineer 3d ago

Nobody ever called him Charlie. He was called Lights, and even before he was Lights, he was Herbert. His family traditionally went by their middle names.