Bruce Ismay
Books
- Twenty Lifeboats Titanic, the Inquiries, and the Remaking of Maritime Law · Liszt Think
On the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with lifeboats lowered half full.
- The Vessel of ConfidenceOn 29 July 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives in a Belfast meeting room that held the future of North Atlantic travel spread across a table. Ismay p…
- The Coal Strike and the Captain’s Orders…Cunard, Hamburg-Amerika, French Line, all were scrambling for the same passengers. A cancelled sailing handed those passengers to a rival. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line, understood the commercial calculus. He had approved the Olympic-class ships in 1908 with a clear…
- Icebergs and Unheeded Warnings…the drop. It suggested ice ahead. But the ship held its speed. At some point in the afternoon, Captain Smith showed the Baltic’s message to Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line. Ismay was traveling as a passenger on Titanic’s maiden voyage. He had a personal stake in the ship’s…