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That is what Ismay was accused of, but from everything I've read, it does not seem to have been the case. He was also accused of jumping into the lifeboat with women and children, but I do recall that that was not the case either.

One thing for Andrews, Harland and Wolff never claimed that the ship was unsinkable. Nor do I recall that the White Star Line did either. But when Titanic was dubbed unsinkable in the papers, nobody at White Star made any statements to the contrary and, to a certain extent, allowed the notion to be perpetuated.

One can hardly blame them in hindsight; the notion of such a vessel sinking on her maiden voyage was highly unlikely. Yet the Titanic was the victim of the highly unlikely.

Daniel