revised launch times

Revised Launch Times
by Bill Wormstedt, Tad Fitch & George Behe
from the Titanic Commutator #155, 2001
Port Side			Starboard Side
Time	Boat	In Charge of Loading	Time	Boat	In Charge of Loading
12:45			12:40	7	Murdoch, Lowe
12:45			12:45	5	Murdoch, Lowe, Pitman (at 12:43)
12:47		Rockets first fired	12:47
12:50			12:50
12:55			12:55	3	Murdoch, Lowe
1:00	8	Lightoller, Wilde, Smith	1:00
1:05			1:05	1	Murdoch, Lowe
1:10	6	Lightoller	1:10
1:15	16 14	Moody, Smith Lowe, Wilde, Lightoller	1:15
1:20			1:20	9	Murdoch
1:25	12	Lightoller	1:25	11	Murdoch
1:30			1:30	13 15	Murdoch (Moody on A Deck?) Murdoch (Moody on A Deck?) at (1:32)
1:35			1:35
1:40	10	Murdoch	1:40
1:45	2	Wilde, Smith	1:45
1:50	4	Lightoller	1:50
1:55			1:55
2:00			2:00	C	Murdoch, Wilde
2:05	D	Lightoller, Wilde	2:05
2:10			2:10
2:15	(B)	Lightoller (bridge goes under)	2:15	(A)	(Murdoch) (bridge goes under)
2:20			2:20

The above chart started as an extension to George Behe's 1991 pamphlet Titanic Tidbits #1: The Launching of the Lifeboats: A New Chronology, but turned into a complete re-analysis of the lifeboat lowering order.

For a complete explanation of the differences between this table and the British Inquiry table of launch times, see Titanic: The Lifeboat Launching Sequence Re-Examined, published in the THS Commutator, No. 155, 2001. Copies can be obtained at the THS web-site, at http://www.titanichistoricalsociety.org

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