Lifeboat Survivor Totals

Revised Launch Times
by Bill Wormstedt, Tad Fitch & George Behe
from "The Lifeboat Launching Sequence Re-Examined"

**Lifeboat Survivor Totals**
**(British Inquiry - B. I.)**
Port Side				Starboard Side
Time	Boat	Occupants		Time	Boat	Occupants
12:40				12:40	7	British Inq.	27
						Gracie	28
12:45				12:45	5	British Inq.	41
						Gracie	41
12:50				12:50
12:55				12:55	3	British Inq.	50
						Gracie	40
1:00	8	British Inq.	39	1:00
		Gracie	28
1:05				1:05	1	British Inq.	12
						Gracie	12
1:10	6	British Inq.	28
		Gracie	28 (from B.I.)
1:15				1:15
1:20	16	British Inq.	56	1:20
		Gracie	56
1:25	14	British Inq.	63	1:25
		Gracie	60
1:30	12	British Inq.	42	1:30	9	British Inq.	56
		Gracie	43			Gracie	56
1:35				1:35	11	British Inq.	70
						Gracie	70
1:40				1:40	13 15	British Inq.	64
						Gracie	64
						British Inq.	70
						Gracie	70 (from B.I.)
1:45	2	British Inq.	26	1:45
		Gracie	25
1:50	10 4	British Inq.	55	1:50
		Gracie	55
		British Inq.	40
		Gracie	36
1:55				1:55
2:00				2:00	C	British Inq.	71
						Gracie	39
2:05	D	British Inq.	44	2:05
		Gracie	44 (from B.I.)
2:10				2:10
2:10				2:10
2:15	(B)	British Inq.	60 (total A+B)	2:15	(A)	British Inq.
		Gracie				Gracie	(see lifeboat B)
2:20

For some unknown reason, neither the British Inquiry or Gracie gave specific survivor totals for Collapsibles A or B, though the Inquiry gives a total of 60 for A and B. As you can see, both the Inquiry and Gracie had totals far greater than the usually accepted figures of between 705 and 712!

The British Inquiry, in their final report page 38, state the totals were taken from the lowest estimates for each boat.

Gracie appears to have come to his own conclusions as to how many were in each boat, but he does specifically state he is using the British Inquiry totals on certain lifeboats.

For some reason, Gracie does not give 'his' total for A or B. However, inside Gracie's testimonies, we find the following for Collapsible B:
        30 people        2nd Officer Lightoller
        between 30 and 40    Marconi Operator Bride
        25                    Baker Joughin
            average 30

For Collapsible A in Gracie's book, we find:
        17 people         Steward Brown
        10 or 12           Olas Abelseth
        11                    R. N. Williams
        14                    QM Bright
            average 13