APRIL 2022 'No Stupid Questions' thread! Ask your questions here!

Ask any questions you have about the ship, disaster, or it's passengers/crew.

Please check our FAQ before posting as it covers some of the more commonly asked questions (although feel free to ask clarifying or ancillary questions on topics you'd like to know more about).

The rules still apply but any question asked in good faith is welcome and encouraged!

Highlights from previous NSQ threads (questions paraphrased/condensed):

• How did the coal workers strike turn out?

• Was everyone indoors during the collision?

• Is it true three dogs were saved?

• What are the 'V''s seen in wireless transmission log?

• How did White Star Line assist survivors/families of the lost after the sinking?

• Did Olympic put up holiday decorations?

• How were survivors who maintained the ship broke in two treated (before it's discover in 1984)?

• What ships visited the wrecksite immediately after the Carpathia?

• Do most historians subscribe to the water refraction theory as to why the iceberg wasn't sighted?

• How quickly did the watertight doors closed/What happened to those who were trapped?

• If Thomas Andrews had survived, would have have faced the same level of scrutiny as Ismay?

• Were there any repercussions for papers who were misreported information about the sinking in the early hours/days of the sinking?

• How much of the inside of the wreck has been explored?

• Is Lightoller indirectly responsible for scores of deaths since he misinterpreted the 'woman and children first' order?

• How were lifeboat drills conducted on Titanic?

• Did a feud between 5th Officer Lowe and other officers result them purposefully not waking him during the sinking?