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The Unsinkable Ship

The mighty Titanic collides with an iceberg. As news of the damage filters through to the captain, he realises his ‘unsinkable’ ship is going to sink.

Sunday 14 April 1912. Titanic is five days into her maiden voyage to New York. Many of the 2,208 people on board are emigrating to America in search of a better life. Others are travelling for business or pleasure. They tell us they’re having the trip of a lifetime, safe in the knowledge that they’re sailing on the ‘safest ship’ ever built.

But at 11.29 pm, lookout crew member Fred Fleet spots a ‘black mass’ right ahead of Titanic. When he realises it’s an iceberg, he alerts the navigation crew, who order the quartermaster to swing the ship around it.

Fleet thinks they’ve narrowly missed the berg, but down in one of the boiler rooms, fireman Fred Barrett describes a torrent of water pouring through the hull.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Anna Sjoblom Hannah Wengard
Bruce Ismay Patrick Buchanan
Captain Smith Gerry O'Brien
Celiney Yasbeck Sara Diab
Charles Lightholler Adam Rhys-Charles
Charlotte Collyer Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Cosmo Duff Gordon Steffan Boje
Daniel Buckley Killian Filan
Eleanor Cassebeer Charlotte McCurry
Eugene Daly Andrew Doherty
Fred Barrett Ciaran McCourt
Fred Fleet Matthew Cassidy
Harold Bride Tyger Drew-Honey
Harold Cottom Ian Davidson
Harvey Colllyer Michael Johnston
Herbert Stone Forrest Bothwell
Jack Phillips Parnell Scott
Jack Thayer Rhys Mannion
Joseph Boxhall Ethan McHale
Lucy Duff Gordon Candida Gubbins
Majorie Collyer Charlotte Lavery
Officer Lowe Oisin Thompson
Thomas Andrews Jonny Everett
Thomas Dillon Dino Luca
Violet Jessop Vicky Allen
Enquiry Interviewer Sara Dylan
Expert Martha Newson
Expert Jeanette Winterson
Expert JJ Chalmers
Expert Alan West
Expert Nadifa Mohamed
Expert Suzannah Lipscomb
Series Editor Helen Sage
Director Hugh Ballantyne
Producer Rebecca Fairbank
Executive Producer Kieran Doherty
Executive Producer Matthew Worthy
Production Company Stellify Media

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