Many movies were made about this disaster, the most famous being Titanic (1997) and A Night to Remember (1958), all depicting their own view on the events of that fateful night.
But who do you think was the most heroic officer on board the Titanic?
Captain Smith had a reputation as one of the world’s most experienced sea captains. Stories vary as to how Captain Smith spent his final moments, but he went down with his ship. His body was never recovered.
Like Captain Smith, Chief Officer Wilde died in the Titanic disaster, how is unclear as well. According to some accounts, he was last seen working at Collapsible A, another report claims he was last seen on the bridge smoking a cigarette. He is one of the officers rumored to have shot himself.
1st Officer Murdoch was on the bridge during the iceberg collision. He worked diligently to help load the lifeboats. He loaded Lifeboats 7, 5, 1 and 3, as well as Collapsibles C and A. William Murdoch was lost in the disaster. Murdoch is mainly known for allowing men into the life-boats, including J. Bruce Ismay and Cosmo Duff Gordon.
2nd Officer Lightoller helped load the lifeboats. He jumped into the freezing sea and climbed on the capsized Collapsible B. He was also the last survivor to climb aboard the Carpathia. He was the most senior officer to survive the Titanic. He served in the British Navy in both WWI and WWII. He died in 1952.
3rd Officer Pitman was awake and in his cabin when the Titanic hit the iceberg and helped loading and lowering the boats until he was ordered by 1st Officer Murdoch to take command of Lifeboat 5. After the ship sank, he intended to go back to pick up people from the water but was dissuaded by the passengers who insisted to stay put. He tied up with Lifeboat 7 and waited for the Carpathia. He died in 1961.
4th Officer Boxhall was in charge of firing the distress rockets and was trying to contact a mystery ship in the distance with the morse lamp. After the last rocket was fired and it became clear that the mystery ship did not respond, Boxhall was ordered to take command of Lifeboat 2. This was the first lifeboat to be picked up by the Carpathia and Boxhall reported to Captain Rostron that the Titanic had sunk. He died in 1967.
5th Officer Lowe was put in Lifeboat 14 to help row. He later gathered five lifeboats together and tied them to one another, as he redistributed the passengers. He took the only lifeboat that returned to look for survivors in the water. He picked up four survivors, one of which died in the lifeboat. He remained at sea and joined the Royal Naval Reserve during WWI. He died in 1944.
6th Officer Moody was the youngest and only junior officer to die. It was generally regarded that he might have gone into one of the lifeboats, instead he stayed behind and continued to help. In fact, as 5th Officer Lowe reported, when Moody and he were lowering boats he suggested that one of them would go with the boat. Moody said 'You go', sealing his own fate. Traditionally, the younger officer would've been given the place in the lifeboat, but he declined the offer.
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