4. Possible wrong turn
According to the granddaughter of the most senior survivor officer, her grandfather told his wife that one of the crew members did something and managed to turn the ship the wrong way, right into the path of the iceberg.
First Officer William Murdoch was the first to see the iceberg, and he gave a “hard a-starboard” order right away. She claimed to The Guardian in 2010 that the cruise ship was using two communications systems that were incompatible with one another and that “a command to turn hard a-starboard meant turning the wheel right under one system and left under the other.”
Unfortunately, by the time the move was corrected, it was already too late for the Titanic. This might be one of the main reasons why the Titanic sank, and we think that it is important to know some facts about it.
If you want to find out more about the Titanic, we recommend the following book: Titanic 1912: The original news reporting of the Sinking of the Titanic
You should also read: 8 Haunting Photos of The Titanic Just Before it Sank
