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8.55 - Captain Smith excuses himself from Dinner, goes directly to the bridge and discusses with2nd officer Lightoller the clear weather conditions and visibility of icebergs

9.20 - Captain Smith retires for the night with the order to rouse him "if it becomes at all doubtful"

9.30 - Lightoller sends a message to the crows nest to 'look out for ice, particularly small ice and growlers" until morning.

Heavy pack ice and icebreg warning received from the Mesaba (42ºN to 41º 25', 49º to 50º 30'W), message overlooked. This message warns of ice directly ahead of the Titanic but it never reaches the bridge. The days six ice warnings show a huge ice field some 78 miles long directly in Titanic's path.

10pm - Lightoller relieved on the bridge by 1st officer Murdoch, at the same time the lookouts in the crows nest are relieved.

10.55 : 10-19 miles North of titanic, Californian sends out a warning to all ships in the area but his message to Titanic is interrupted by a blunt 'Keep out! i'm working Cape Race!"

Welshie wrote:42ºN

That's 13+ degrees south of here, was that a typo, or was the ice really that far south as recently as 100 years ago?

Yes.

11.30 - Lookouts Fleet and Lee in the crows nest spot a haze on the horizon

11:40pm - Moving at 20.5 knots. Suddenly, lookouts see iceberg dead ahead about 500 yards away and some 55 feet tall. They immediately sound the warning bell with three sharp rings and telephone the bridge. After what must seen an age, Sixth Officer Moody answers. "Iceberg right ahead!" Moody relays the message to Murdoch who instinctively calls "Hard a starboard" and engine room to stop then full astern. Helmsman swings the wheel hard over and after several seconds the Titanic begins to veer to port but the iceberg strikes the starboard bow and brushes alongside the ship. The collision is not noticed by many passengers and time from sighting to impact was approx 37 seconds. Murdoch rings the alarm then shuts all 15 watertight doors via a switch on the bridge.

any word on the iceberg??