RMS Titanic


Owner: White Star Line
Port of registry: Liverpool, UK
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Launched: 31 May 1911

Tonnage: 46,328 GRT
Displacement: 52,310 tons
Length: 882 ft 9 in (269.1 m)
Beam: 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height: 175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks: 9 (A–G)
Propulsion: Two three-blade wing propellers and one three-blade centre propeller
Speed: Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity: Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892. Total: 3,327

Rogues' Gallery:
Incorrect Officer Photographs

It is not uncommon to find incorrect photographs of Titanic officers used in the media, news articles, libraries and other websites and publications. Please excuse the use of large bold text across the photographs - this is to prevent the images being used incorrectly again. Here are some of the most common:



Incorrect Captain Smith Photographs

A photograph taken on the bridge of the Kinfauns Castle of Captain D. Hoskins with the young Earl of MacDuff who was travelling with his father Prince Arthur of Connaught. The picture is frequently mistaken for Captain Smith of the Titanic and the boy is sometimes misidentified as Robert Spedden. The correct identification is courtesy Jonathan Smith, TRMA Discussion Forum.



This famous image from the collection of photographs taken by Rev Francis M. Browne aboard Titanic is often misidentified as Captain Smith. It is of Titanic - the starboard promenade A deck. But it is not Captain Smith- he was on duty at the time, as Titanic had just left Southampton and was passing the Portuguese RMSP Tagus, April 10, 1912.



This image appears all over the internet, primarily in image and photographic libraries, sometimes charging large amounts of money for the license. However it is clearly not Captain Smith - it bears little resemblance and also looks relatively modern. An identification of the real individual has not yet been made.

This photograph appeared in Henry Aldridge & Son auction described as an "extremely rare sepia photograph, believed to be showing Titanic's Captain Edward J. Smith at the launch of an unknown liner. He is wearing his Mecantile Marine cap rather than White Star uniform. Although undated it is thought the photograph was taken around 1909/1910. 6ins x 4½ins." However on closer inspection is clear the man is not Edward Smith, with a far more pointed face. (See below)

A close up from the above photograph reveals a man who does not look like Captain Edward Smith.



Incorrect Chief Officer Wilde Photographs

This image appeared in a Youtube video by the video game "Honor & Glory" team as Chief Officer Wilde. It is actually Fourth Officer David W. Alexander, of the Olympic. This photograph is discussed in more detail here.



Incorrect First Officer Murdoch Photographs

This image (digitally enhanced) is often identified as First Officer Murdoch. There are similarities but it is not him. It is most likely Fourth Officer Browne, who appeared in a series of photographs aboard the Oceanic in 1909 found in the Bell Album (www.titanicphotographs.com). Please compare with these photographs of Browne:



Incorrect Second Officer Lightoller Photographs

This image is found all over the internet, on news articles and even on the cover of a Lightoller relative's book (see here). However it is actually Third Officer Henry.C.Cater of the Olympic. Although Carter bears little resemblence to Lightoller, the confusion is due to a memorial postcard that took an image of Captain Smith and his Olympic officers and captioned it as the officers of the Titanic. More information on the confusion here.

A slightly alternate version of the above photograph, this image is also found all over the internet. However it is actually Third officer Henry.C.Cater of the Olympic. The confusion is due to a memorial postcard that took an image of Captain Smith and his Olympic officers and captioned it as the officers of the Titanic. More information on the confusion here.

This image also often appears alongside articles about Second officer Lightoller. However it looks nothing like him. It is actually Titanic's original Second Officer, David Blair - see his full biography here.



Incorrect Fourth Officer Boxhall Photographs

This image, on display in the Southampton SeaCity Musuem and also found in some books is actually the fourth officer's father, Joseph Boxhall, in Wilson Line uniform.

This image, is often used for Titanic's Fourth officer Boxhall, but it is actually 4th Officer David W. Alexander of the Olympic. The confusion is due to a memorial postcard that took an image of Captain Smith and his Olympic officers and captioned it as the officers of the Titanic. More information on the confusion here.



Incorrect Sixth Officer Moody Photographs

This image often appears as Sixth officer Moody, however, similar to the proported Lightoller images, the error comes from the Olympic officers photograph which has been wrongly labelled as Titanic. This is actually Fifth Officer A. Tulloch. More information on the confusion here.



This is page will be updated when other incorrect images appear, as they often do. If you have any to submit please let me know via the contact page.