I would have had a metallurgy test on the rivets and procured better ones and paid the workers by the hour not piecework and set higher safety standards and demanded they were followed to the letter. No one should have been injured let alone die in an accident building the ships at H&W shipyards. (15 men did die in total) that's 15 too many. That's really the first thing I would change, then the rivets and workers payment schedule.

It's neither fair or polite to degrade Capt. Smith or any of the owners or designers and builders that either died or lost their title in life as the result of the 'accident' because due to other circumstances beyond their control they in fact are not responsible or guilty.. it is my belief that others not in the picture intentionally sabotaged and caused the grave incident.
In other words, they were murdered.