William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 [1] – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg, and was amongst the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. [2]

Jan 28, 2023 · More than 110 years after the ill-fated luxury steamship sank off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg, killing about 1,500 people on its maiden voyage, social media users are resurrecting decades-old conspiracy theories to suggest the two ships were switched.

Mar 7, 2021 · Titanic included a controversial scene where first officer William Murdoch shot two passengers and himself, but the true story is more complicated.

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg, damaging the hull's plates below the waterline on the starboard side, causing the front compartments to flood. The ship then sank two hours and forty minutes later, with approximately 1,496 fatalities as a result of drowning or hypothermia. [1] .

Nov 28, 2018 · Late in the evening on April 14, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic hit an iceberg and sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, killing 1,517 of the 2,223 passengers and crew members aboard.

As a result of the Titanic disaster, an International Ice Patrol was founded whose mission was to reduce the dangers of ice to shipping. The most important sources for the iceberg are reports from surviving crew of the Titanic and passengers of the Titanic.

Newspaper readers in 1912 were shocked, outraged, and more than a little bit titillated at reports that officers on the sinking Titanic shot and killed steerage passengers who tried to board lifeboats ahead of women and children.

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic sank after it hit an iceberg and took 1,496 lives with it — but these theories argue that there's more to the story. These theories range from the simple and plausible to the extreme and outlandish.