There were both survivors and those who died as a result of Titanic sinking. This included both passengers, and crew. Let us take a look at what happened to the senior crew members of the Titanic. Captain Smith Captain Smith died on the 15th of April 1912. Reports say he stayed on Titanic until the very end. Status: He did not survive. Chief Officer Henry Wilde Chief Officer Henry Wilde also died on the 15th of April 1912. Not much is known about what happened to him. Status: He did not survive Titanic's ill-fated voyage. First Officer Murdoch First Officer Murdoch also died on the 15th of April 1912. There are conflicting reports about what happened to Officer Murdoch in his final moments on Titanic, he was rumoured to have ended his own life, but that rumour was denied by Second Officer Lightoller. Status: He did not survive. Second Officer Charles Lightoller Second Officer Charles Lightoller was one of the senior crew members to survive. He survived on the Collapsible B lifeboat. Charles had a long life after Titanic, he lived to the age of 78 and died in 1952. Status: He survived Titanic. Third Officer Herbert Pitman Like Lightoller, Third Officer Herbert Pitman survived Titanic. He also lived a long life afterwards. Herbert lived until he was 84, and died in 1961. The Titanic tragedy did not put him off sailing, he continued to sail with White Star Line, including sailing on Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic. Status: He survived Titanic. Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall Joseph Boxhall also survived. He also lived a long life after Titanic. Joseph lived until he was 83, and died in April 1967, just a few weeks after his 83rd birthday. He was the last surviving senior officer of Titanic to survive. Status: Survived Titanic. Fifth Officer Henry Lowe Fifth Officer Henry Lowe also survived Titanic. He survived Titanic through going on lifeboat 14. Henry return to the site of Titanic's sinking to help rescue people after putting the survivors that was in his lifeboat on to another lifeboat. Like the other survivors, Henry lived for a few decades after Titanic sank. He married just one year after Titanic's ill-fated voyage, and lived until 1944, dying at the age of 61. Sixth Officer James Moody Finally, the last senior crew member of Titanic, Sixth Officer James Moody, did not survive.
James was another one of the senior crew members of Titanic who died on the 15th of April 1912. The last apparent sighting of James was just before Titanic sank, when he was trying to free a lifeboat. He was the youngest officer of Titanic, and was only 24 when he died. Status: He did not survive.
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