Over 1,500 people died when the RMS Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, following its fateful collision with an iceberg in one of the most notorious maritime disasters in history.

And as the captain of the Titanic, Smith apparently went down with it ... Though the British investigation found that he had reacted without fault, History reports that the American investigation ...

While Titanic Captain Edward John Smith’s official cause of death remains one of history’s enduring mysteries, author Dan E. Parkes has thrown cold water on theories that he took his own life ...

Over a century has passed since the Titanic slipped beneath the icy ... Among them, is Captain Edward John Smith, who stood at his wheel until the very end. As the ship's commander, Smith's ...

One of the more recognizable figures from the Titanic is the ship’s captain, Edward Smith. In his new book Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and the Spy, out now from Amberley Publishing ...

A Sunderland-based steamship may well have been the last vessel to see the Titanic before she struck the iceberg. 9th June 1911: Captain John Smith (1850 - 1912) and Lord James Pirrie, Chairman of ...

In a new book, author Dan E. Parkes explores the mystery surrounding RMS Titanic captain Edward Smith's death during the ship's infamous sinking Parkes utilizes eyewitness accounts from the tragedy, ...