True, however, again, Ismay had no seniority at sea what so ever.

Captain Smith was the senior captian of the White Star Line and it was up to his own personal judgement to what information he observed and acted upon.

Also, to say that Ismay did not care for the passengers on his ship because he wanted more speed through an icefield does not add up. Titanic was "after all", the largest and safest ship in the world!!!! "Pratically unsinkable". Why would Ismay know anything of the danger? He was a passenger, not a commander.

Its true that Smith did not receive every ice warning that was sent. However, he recieved enough of them to formulate the speculation that on the night of the 14th, that the Titanic might encountered ice.

(Walter Lord said it was odd that when the collision happened Smith's first words to Murdoch was "What was that Mr. Murdoch?", when, Smith must have known that it could only have been ice!)