Acknowledgements and Sources
This site includes much original work. The theory on the error in the
SOS position is entirely mine, as is most of the work on the view of Titanic
from Californian. The approach to the problem of Californian's
position is my own. The theory concerning the error in Captain Rostron's
timing is entirely original, as is most of the work on Carpathia's
course The fantasy in which Californian goes to the rescue is all
mine. The page on the astronomy of the night is entirely mine, with computer
assistance. The page on the course and time needed to avoid all ice was
prompted by a question on the alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic newsgroup.
For the rest, I have drawn on the US Senate enquiry and certain key books,
as well as my own knowledge of navigation. The main references used were
as follows.
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A Night to Remember. Walter Lord. Longmans Green,
1956.
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The Night Lives On. Walter Lord. W.Morrow & Co.
1986.
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The Ship That Stood Still. Leslie Reade. Patrick
Stephens Ltd, 1993.
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Norie's Nautical Tables. Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson
Ltd, 1981.
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Royal Navy Manual of Seamanship, 1937.
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Tramps and Ladies. Sir James Bisset. Angus &
Robertson, 1959.
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The Titanic: End of a Dream. Wyn Craig Wade. Rawson Wade,
1979.
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Titanic: Signals of Disaster. John Booth & Sean Coughlan.
White Star Publications 1993.
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Down With the Old Canoe. Steven Biel. W.W.Norton &
Company, 1997.
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Ocean Liners of the Past. Olympic and Titanic. Reprinted from
The Shipbuilder, 1911. Patrick Stephens, 1983.
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Edited Peter Kemp.
Oxford University Press, 1988.
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The Yachtsman's Navigation Manual. Jeff Toghill. A.H. & A.W.
Reed. Sydney, 1975.
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The Maiden Voyage. Geoffrey Marcus. 1969/76.
The material on Cruising the West Coast is drawn entirely from personal
experience. All anchorages described have been used by my Roberts 27, Chloe
II. All the photographs were taken by me during various cruises made
since 1991. I am indebted to Geoffrey Manning's Place Names of South
Australia for information about the naming of Elliston and other matters.
Special thanks to the North Haven branch of the Australian
Volunteer Coastguard for information about their radio network and to the
State Library of South Australia for assistance with books and charts.
All text on this site is © D. Gittins, 2003