Table of Contents

Prologue 1 Arrival; 18 April 1912, New York & Washington 2 Three Ships; Titanic, Carpathia & Californian 3 The Players; Captains & Crews 4 An Ominous Beginning; 10 April 1912, Southampton 5 Outward Bound; 10 - 13 April, Cherbourg, Queenstown & the North Atlantic 6 Into the Ice Zone; 14 April, The North Atlantic 7 Collision; 23.40 14 April 8 A Troubled Silence; 23.41 - 24.00 9 Uncovering the Boats, 00.01 - 00.30 15 April 10 Lower Away 00.31 - 01.00 11 The Looming Crisis; 01.01 - 01.30 12 Nowhere to Go; 01.31 - 02.00 13 Waiting for Oblivion; 02.01 - 02.17 14 Descent Into Hell; 02.18 - 02.20 15 The Survival Lottery; 02.21 - 04.00 16 Deliverance; 04.01 - 08.30 17 The World Waits; 15 - 18 April 1912 18 Honouring the Dead; April - May 1912 19 Searching for the Truth; April - May 1912 20 The British Perspective; May - June 1912 21 Post Mortem; The World after the Titanic Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

About the Author

W. B. Bartlett has worked across the globe in almost twenty countries and has spent time in over fifty. He is the author of many history books for Amberley including titles on the Titanic, Medieval History and Dam Busters. He lives in Bournemouth.