{"id":793,"date":"2021-11-08T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:28:52","slug":"edward-smith-sea-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Edward Smith (sea captain)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edward John Smith RD RNR<\/strong> (27 January 1850 \u2013 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer<\/strong>. He served as master of numerous White Star Line vessels<\/strong>. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic<\/strong>, and perished <\/strong>when the ship sank <\/strong>on its maiden voyage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edward John Smith RD RNR<\/strong> <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Raised <\/strong>in a working environment<\/strong>, he left school early to join the merchant navy and the Royal Naval Reserve<\/strong>. After earning his master’s ticket, he entered the service of the White Star Line,<\/strong> a prestigious British company<\/strong>. He quickly rose through the ranks and graduated <\/strong>in 1887<\/strong>. His first command was the SS Celtic<\/strong>. He served as commanding officer of numerous White Star Line vessels, including the Majestic <\/strong>(which he commanded for nine years<\/strong>) and attracted a strong and loyal following amongst passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RMS Majestic (1889) <\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 1904<\/strong>, Smith <\/strong>became the commodore <\/strong>of the White Star Line <\/strong>and was responsible for controlling its flagships. He successfully commanded the Baltic<\/strong>, Adriatic <\/strong>and the Olympic<\/strong>. In 1912, he was the captain of the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic<\/strong>, which struck an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912<\/strong>; over 1,500 perished<\/strong> in the sinking, including Smith<\/strong>, who went down with the ship<\/strong>. For his stoicism <\/strong>and fortitude <\/strong>in the face of adversity<\/strong>, Smith <\/strong>became an icon of British “stiff upper lip”<\/strong> spirit <\/strong>and discipline<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RMS Titanic<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edward John Smith RD RNR (27 January 1850 \u2013 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer. He served as master of numerous White Star Line vessels. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage. Raised in a working environment, he left school early to… Continue reading Edward Smith (sea captain)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}