Skip to content
RichseenAtlasAtlasSign in

British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic

node

Formal investigation ordered by the Board of Trade and presided over by Lord Mersey, sitting mainly at the London Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, from 2 May 1912. Over 36 days it heard 97 witnesses and put more than 25,000 questions. Its report of 30 July 1912 found the loss due to collision with an iceberg brought about by the excessive speed at which the ship was navigated, held that Titanic's boats had exceeded Board of Trade requirements, criticised the Californian, and recommended boats for all on board. It concluded — wrongly, as 1985 showed — that the ship sank intact.

A node is not a place. Drawing it on a map would assert something about the world that no stored fact supports.

Read in · 1

Evidence · 1
Timeline

No dated observations are stored for this object. Atlas shows what was observed and when — it does not infer a history.

Connections · 2
Assembled narrative · 1

An assembled narrative is available for this object.

Observed changes · 0

No public Signals are attached to this object. Signals show what changed and when it was observed — never a direction or a rank.

Actions

Read the assembled narrativeContinue in StudioOpen TwinTwin does not start a decision from this kind of object.ShareSaveSaved objects are part of the authenticated projection, which is declared and not yet built.

/atlas?object=INQUIRY_BRITISH_WRECK_1912