i know what you meant, :wink: .
i cant remember if i read it on that site but someone recalled seeing Wilde on the bridge smoking a ciggerette, if thats any help to you :)

Thank you for that link bess, it was very interesting. It covered a number of angles quite nicely, but as the article makes clear, information about Mr Wildes movements on that night is patchy.
Incidentally, I hope that I haven't given the impression that I think that Mr Wilde was shirking his duties. I just wanted to make the point that not much is known about this subject. :)

you might want to have a look here for an insight into the life of mr wilde.

http://www.nautical-papers.com/onwatch/wilde/wilde.html

Is there anyone else out there that thinks it a bit odd that so little seems to have been recorded in print or film about Mr H.T Wilde?
He was after all the CHIEF officer on board the Titanic; What was he doing before and particularly during the sinking? I have never come across more than a brief mention about him from anyone, he also hardly appears on any of the films which points to little being known about his actions on that night. The surviving officers do not seem to have mentioned him much either, why?
Perhaps he was below decks for most of the time trying to control things down there, who knows?
Any ideas? :?: :?: :?: