Captain Edward John Smith was born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent on 27 January 1850,
Can We Find Captain Smith's Home Today?
Smith took the Titanic on her maiden voyage in April 1912.
This responsibility was rewarded with a salary of £1,250 per year and a no-collision bonus of £200.
Smith was married to Eleanor and they had a young daughter Helen.
They moved to southampton in 1907 and lived in a red brick, twin-gabled house on Winn Road, Portswood, Southampton And its the house that this video is all about, where he lived.
Charles Lightoller was keeping watch and discussed the temperature with Smith for a while. Smith told Lightoller to alert him immediately if he was at all concerned. He then retired to bed.
About 11.40 p.m. Captain Smith was awakened by the collision and rushed to the bridge. He received the report of the accident from First Officer William Murdoch and then made a quick inspection of the ship with Thomas Andrews. He immediately ordered the boats prepared but wavered when it came to giving the order to load and lower them Lightoller had to approach him for the order which he eventually gave.
Surprisingly little is known about Smith's actions in the last two hours of the ships life. His legendary skills of leadership seem to have deserted him, he was curiously indecisive and unusually cautious.
He was last seen in the bridge area having given the final order to abandon ship. He appears to have made no attempt to save himself. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
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