The lifeboat badge A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces
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. | 0:22:49 | 0:25:56 | |
Well, this little badge | 0:26:07 | 0:26:08 | |
was worn by a first-class steward | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
on board the Titanic. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
He would've worn the badge during a lifeboat drill, to tell passengers | 0:26:13 | 0:26:18 | |
which boat station they had been assigned to. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
Every White Star liner, | 0:26:21 | 0:26:22 | |
every Sunday at noon, | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
held a lifeboat drill. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
But on that particular Sunday, | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
for some reason, Captain Smith cancelled the drill. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
So, when the Titanic struck the iceberg, | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
I don't think those passengers | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
truly understood the gravity of the situation. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
Boats did leave the ship, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
the failure is they weren't properly filled. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
There were 700 extra spaces available. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
We go to all the trouble of training people to launch lifeboats. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
We even make a badge for them. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
Not holding a lifeboat drill was a fatal flaw. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 |