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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
That's what I was going to say, but then decided against it. Ships actually turn tighter the faster they go. If they had turned and kept to full speed they might have missed it altogether. Slowing down was the wrong thing to do.
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There is some evidence that the turn was made at the speed the ship was going at before the collision.
*rummage rummage rummage*
Thomas Dillon (Trimmer)
3715. Did you feel the shock when the ship struck?
- Slightly.
3716. And shortly before that had the telegraph rung?
- Yes.
3717. Can you say at all how long before she struck that was?
- Two seconds.
3718. What was the order given by the telegraph?
- I could not tell you.
3719. You just heard it ring. Then a few seconds after that you felt a slight shock?
- Yes.
3720. Was anything done to the engines? Did they stop or did they go on?
- They stopped.
3721. Was that immediately after you felt the shock or some little time after?
- About a minute and a half.
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Frederick Scott (Greaser)
5520. We have that from the plan. You were standing by the door. Just tell us before you felt anything at all, did you see anything done?
- No.
5521. You felt something; what was it?
- I felt a shock and I thought it was something in the main engine room which had gone wrong.
5522. We know it was about 11.40?
- Yes, about 20 minutes to 12.
5523. Did you notice the two telegraphs in the engine room?
- Yes; four telegraphs rang.
5524. Were there four telegraphs?
- She got four telegraphs, two emergency ones.
5525. Two emergency?
- Yes, and two for the main engine.
5526. What did you notice?
- I noticed "Stop" first.
5527. To which telegraph did that come?
- On the main engines.
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George Beauchamp (Fireman)
661a. (Mr. Raymond Asquith - To the Witness.) Did you notice the shock when the ship struck?
- Yes, Sir, I noticed the shock.
662. Was it a severe shock?
- Just like thunder, the roar of thunder.
663. And immediately after the shock was any order given?
- Yes.
664. What order?
- To stand by, to stop. The telegraph went "Stop."
664a. (The Commissioner.) You got that order from the bridge, "Stop"?
- Yes.
664b. (Mr. Raymond Asquith.) And were the engines stopped at once or not?
- The telegraph rung off "Stop," so I suppose they were.
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