The crew of the RMS Titanic were among the estimated 2,207 people who sailed on the maiden voyage of the second of the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liners, from Southampton, England, to New York City in the United States. Halfway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,496 people, including 679 crew members.
Crew
The following is a full list of known crew members who sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.
Included in this list are the nine-member Guarantee Group and the eight members of the ship's band, who were given passenger accommodations and treated as both passengers and crew. They are also included in the list of passengers on board RMS Titanic.
Crew members are colour-coded, indicating whether they were saved or perished. The crew member did not survive The crew member survived
Survivors are listed with the lifeboat from which they were known to be rescued by the RMS Carpathia, on 15 April 1912.
Victims whose remains were recovered after the sinking are listed with a superscript next to the body number, indicating the recovery vessel: MB – CS Mackay-Bennett (bodies 1–306) M – CS Minia (bodies 307–323) MM – CGS Montmagny (bodies 326–329) A – SS Algerine (body 330) O – (bodies 331–333) I – SS Ilford (body 334) OT – (body 335)
Numbers 324 and 325 were unused, and the six bodies buried at sea by the Carpathia also went unnumbered. Several recovered bodies were unidentifiable and thus not all numbers are matched with a person.
Upon recovery, the bodies of 209 identified and unidentified victims of the sinking were brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Of those, 121 were taken to the non-denominational Fairview Lawn Cemetery, 59 were repatriated, 19 were buried in the Roman Catholic Mount Olivet Cemetery, and 10 were taken to the Jewish Baron de Hirsch Cemetery. The bodies of the remaining recovered victims were either delivered to family members or buried at sea.
The "Hometown" field may be misleading. Many crews had secondary or temporary addresses in Southampton, which they gave when signing the crew list, and others may have only recently relocated there. In particular, the number of crew from Merseyside is understated; for example, Chief Engineer Joseph Bell and Chief Steward Andrew Latimer lived with their families in the Liverpool area. Dr. Alan Scarth, in his book Titanic and Liverpool, identifies 115 crew members with close connections to the city, of whom only 28 survived.
Officers Along with the captain, who was in complete charge of the ship, Titanic had a complement of seven officers. Three of these were senior officers who stood four-hour watches with eight hours off. The remaining four were junior officers who stood four-hour watches with four hours off, with additional two-hour dog-watches on alternating days. Along with one senior officer who stood as Officer of the Watch on the bridge, there would be two junior officers on watch doing various duties.
+ NameAgeHometownBoardedPositionLifeboatBodySmith, Commander Edward John, RNR62Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastCaptainWilde, Lieutenant Henry Tingle, RNR39Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandSouthamptonChief OfficerMurdoch, Lieutenant William McMaster, RNRDalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, ScotlandBelfastFirst OfficerLightoller, Sub-Lieutenant Charles Herbert, RNR38Netley, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastSecond OfficerBPitman, Mr. Herbert John34Castle Cary, Somerset, EnglandThird Officer5Boxhall, Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Groves, RNR28Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandFourth Officer2Lowe, Mr. Harold Godfrey, RNR29Barmouth, Merionethshire, WalesFifth Officer14Moody, Mr. James Paul 24Grimsby, Lincolnshire, EnglandBelfastSixth Officer
Deck
The Titanic employed: One able officer, also known as a bosun or boatswain, and one boatswain's mate, who had seniority over all the unlicensed deck crew. They were experienced seamen who managed the deck lines, deck cranes, winches, lifeboat davits, etc. on the deck. Only the boatswain's mate survived. Two medical doctors, one senior and one junior, titled Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon respectively. They were responsible for treating injuries and illnesses on board involving passengers (of any class) or crew and had access to the ship's hospital and store of pharmaceuticals. Neither medical officer survived the sinking. 29 able seamen, who had completed additional training and usually had seniority over other crew members. They carried out the day-to-day operations of the ship. In addition, they were trained to operate the lifeboat davits and man the lifeboats themselves. Nineteen of these survived the sinking. Two Masters-at-Arms, who, along with the First Officer, kept the keys to the only company-issued firearms on board. One survived, one was lost. Seven quartermasters; seamen who worked on and around the bridge to steer the ship as helmsmen, manage signal flags, and stand watch on the bridge to assist the duty officer with general navigation. All seven survived. Two window cleaners. One survived, one was lost. Two Carpenters/Joiners which keep eye on fresh water and were repairing and working with wooden parts of ship; neither one survived the sinking. One lamp trimmer. His duties, as he said was "to mix the paint, and all that kind of thing for the ship, and to look after all the decks, trim all the lamps, and get them in proper order. That is all, I think. To put the lights in at nighttime and take them off at daybreak." He survived the sinking. Six lookouts who worked two to a shift in the crow's nest; the shifts lasted only two hours at a time because of extremely cold winds which lookouts were exposed to in the open crow's nest. Despite the myths, lookouts were never supposed to have binoculars. They were supposed to see the object and not identify it. The binoculars would have made the view area even smaller and not help at all since the iceberg was practically invisible to the human eye, with the air temperature at , and a headwind. All six lookouts survived.
+ NameAgeHometownBoardedPositionLifeboatBodyAnderson, Mr. John42Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman3Archer, Mr. Ernest Edward36Bailey, Mr. Henry Joseph46Master-at-arms16Bradley, Mr. Thomas Henry28Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble SeamanBrice, Mr. Walter Thomas42Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman11Bright, Mr. Arthur JohnWoolston, Hampshire, EnglandQuartermasterDBuley, Mr. Edward John26Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandAble Seaman10Clench, Mr. Frederick Charles3312Clench, Mr. George James31Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble SeamanCouch, Mr. Frank28Port Isaac, Cornwall 253MBDavis, Mr. Stephen James39Landport, Hampshire, England Evans, Mr. Alfred Frank25Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonLookout15Evans, Mr. Frank OliverAble Seaman10Fleet, Mr. FrederickBelfastLookout6Foley, Mr. John46Deck Storekeeper4Forward, Mr. James27SouthamptonAble Seaman16Haines, Mr. Albert M.31BelfastBoatswain9Harder, Mr. William39SouthamptonWindow Cleaner14Hemming, Mr. Samuel Ernest43BelfastLamp Trimmer4Hichens, Mr. Robert29SouthamptonQuartermaster6Hogg, Mr. George AlfredBelfastLookout7Holman, Mr. Harry27Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastAble SeamanHopkins, Mr. Robert John40Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman13Horswill, Mr. Albert Edward James331Humphreys, Mr. Sidney James52Quartermaster11Hutchinson, Mr. John Hall28Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastCarpenter/Joiner170MBJewell, Mr. Archie23Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastLookout7Jones, Mr. Thomas William34Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman8King, Mr. Thomas Walter42Portsmouth, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonMaster-at-armsLee, Mr. Reginald Robinson41Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonLookout13Lucas, Mr. William Arthur25Able SeamanDLyons, Mr. William Henry 25Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman4Matherson, Mr. David33 192MBMathias, Mr. Montague Vincent29Mess StewardMaxwell, Mr. JohnBelfastCarpenter/JoinerMcCarthy, Mr. William48Cork, County Cork, IrelandSouthamptonAble Seaman4McGough, Mr. James Francis36Southampton, Hampshire, England9Moore, Mr. George Alfred323Nichols, Mr. Albert William Stanley47Shirley, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastBoatswainO'Loughlin, Dr. William Francis Norman, MD62Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSurgeonOlliver, Mr. Alfred John27Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastQuartermaster5Osman, Mr. FrankItchen, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman2Pascoe, Mr. Charles Henry45Southampton, Hampshire, England8Perkis, Mr. Walter John37BelfastQuartermaster4Peters, Mr. William Chapman26Woolston, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman9Poingdestre, Mr. John Thomas27Southampton, Hampshire, England12Rowe, Mr. George Thomas32Gosport, Hampshire, EnglandBelfastQuartermasterCSawyer, Mr. Robert James31Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonWindow CleanerScarrott, Mr. Joseph George33Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman14Simpson, Dr. John Edward, MD37Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAssistant SurgeonSmith, Mr. William26Able SeamanSymons, Mr. George Thomas Macdonald24Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonLookout1Tamlyn, Mr. Frederick23Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonMess Steward123MBTaylor, Mr. Charles William Frederick35Able Seaman Terrell, Mr. Bertram20 Vigott, Mr. Philip Francis32Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSouthamptonAble Seaman13Weller, Mr. William Clifford30Belfast7Wynn, Mr. Walter41Shirley, Hampshire, EnglandQuartermaster9
Engineering The engineers were responsible for keeping the engines, generators, and other mechanical equipment on the Titanic running. They were the highest paid members of the crew and had the education and technical expertise to operate, maintain, and repair the engineering plant.
On the night of 14 April, the Second Engineering Officer, John Henry Hesketh – the senior engineer on duty, and Leading Fireman Frederick Barrett were talking in No 6 Boiler room when the Titanic struck the iceberg at 11.40 pm. It ripped this part of the ship and the pair escaped through the connecting tunnel to No 5 Boiler Room, closing the bulkhead doors. Barrett later gave evidence at the Southampton Enquiry.
Most of the engineering crew remained below decks in the engine and boiler rooms: some fighting a losing battle to keep the ship afloat by operating the pumps in the forward compartments as well as keeping the steam up in the boiler rooms, so as to prevent boiler explosion on contact with the water; and others keeping the generators running to maintain power and lights throughout the Titanic up until two minutes before the ship sank.
The RMS Titanic employed: 25 engineers; all were lost. 2 boilermakers; both were lost. 13 leading firemen (Stoker Foremen) and 163 firemen (Stokers). The ship had 29 boilers, 25 containing six furnaces each, four containing three furnaces each, for a total of 162 furnaces. Each fireman was assigned one boiler and three furnaces. Of the Titanics six boiler rooms, each leading fireman was assigned to two of them with 10 to 15 firemen under him. Next to each boiler was a coal chute that deposited coal from the overhead coal bunkers, and a fireman with a shovel would constantly feed coal into the three furnaces. Shifts for all the firemen and their foremen were four hours on and eight hours off. The heat in the boiler rooms usually exceeded , so a four-hour shift was very demanding. Most of the firemen worked wearing only their undershirts and shorts. Of the firemen, only three leading firemen and around 45 other firemen survived. Several of the firemen who survived got into the lifeboats dressed only in their undershirts and shorts in weather.