1. Herbert James Haddock was a British naval reserve officer and ship's captain, and was best known as the captain of the RMS Olympic at the time of the sinking of the Titanic.
19 Facts About Herbert Haddock
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Herbert Haddock was the first person to captain Titanic, overseeing the ship at Belfast while her delivery-trip crew was assembling there from 25 to 31 March 1912.
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Haddock was born to Herbert James Haddock was born on 1825 and in Rugby, Warwickshire on 27 January 1861.
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Herbert Haddock joined the Royal Navy, serving as a lieutenant aboard HMS Edinburgh.
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In 1902, Haddock was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
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Herbert Haddock signed on as her master at Southampton on 25 March 1912, and then travelled to Belfast to oversee the crew that was assembling there for the ship's delivery trip to Southampton.
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At the time of Titanics sinking Herbert Haddock was sailing Olympic easterly from New York to Southampton, approximately 500 nautical miles west by south of Titanics location.
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Herbert Haddock sent for an engineer to set the ship's engines to full power.
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Herbert Haddock said that he was returning to harbour in New York, and recommended that other ships do the same.
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Herbert Haddock gave his residence as Southampton, and his employment as a "Master Mariner".
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Seven weeks after the Titanic disaster, Herbert Haddock, steaming at night, almost ran the Olympic aground on rocks near Land's End.
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The error was attributed to faulty navigation, and Herbert Haddock was under strict observation for his next few voyages.
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Olympic was laid up until being converted to a troopship at the outbreak of World War I Haddock was redeployed to command a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruisers, and was stationed in Belfast.
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From 5 to 14 May 1917, Herbert Haddock sailed from Liverpool to New York City as a passenger aboard the SS Saint Paul, six months before she was taken over for wartime service.
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The voyage's manifest shows that Herbert Haddock's trip was funded by the Admiralty, and states that his final destination was Newport News, Virginia, where he would be received by the British Navy.
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Herbert J Haddock was placed on the Royal Naval Reserve's retired list.
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Herbert Haddock married Mabel Eliza Bouchette, in Rock Ferry, Merseyside on 13 May 1893.
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Herbert Haddock was killed in action on 27 September 1916 at the age of 21, and was commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
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Herbert Haddock died in Southampton on 4 October 1946 at the age of 85.