Collapsible A

Collapsible A
Collapsible A after being recovered by the Oceanic, a month after the disaster
Type	Engelhardt collapsible
Location on deck	Above officers quarters
Time when launched from Titanic	2:10 A.M. when thrown off roof
Launched by officers	Murdoch, Moody
Capacity	47
Estimated occupancy at launch	20
Estimated occupancy at rescue	0 (exact)
Previous lifeboat launched	Collapsible D
Next lifeboat launched	Collapsible B

Screenshot of boat from A Night to Remember

Collapsible A was one of the four collapsible boats of the RMS Titanic that was placed starboard and had a maximum capacity of 47. The boat was never launched, when the crew tried to fasten it to the davits, there wasn't any time left. The boat drifted off the Titanic, and many people tried to climb on it. Only 13 of 17-20 people who climbed in it survived the night.

About

After boat C had been lowered from the starboard side, the crew tried to fasten boat A to the davits when it was thrown off the Officer's Quarters at 2:10 am. The boat was thrown over the side of the ship and in the chaos, the canvas sides had not been put up, so it was soon awash with icy sea water half-submerged and dangerously overloaded. around 17 to 20 people started climbing into it from the water, but only 13 of them survived the night. One of the wooden seats had fallen off when it was pushed off.

Several people including first class passenger Thomson Beattie, the third class passengers Arthur O'Keefe, Edvard Lindell and Gerda Lindell and a couple of firemen died of hypothermia or fell back into the sea. Boat A somehow rowed so far away that all they could see of the ship was a light.

After hours of suffering, the survivors were rescued by boat 14, Rhoda Abbott being the only female. Three bodies were left in Collapsible A, which was allowed to drift off.

Collapsible D picked up a lot of passengers from Collapsible A in the morning. Then Collapsible A had a dead woman, a Third Class steward, and a Third Class passenger still left in the boat.

The boat was recovered a month later by the Oceanic, another White Star Line ship. The boat had a decaying body, a malnourished and starving steward, and a dead Third Class passenger.

Passengers

1. Rhoda Mary Abbott
2. Olaus Abelseth
3. Edward Brown
4. Carl Olof Jansson
5. Oscar Wilhelm Johansson
6. William Lucas
7. William McIntyre
8. William John Mellors
9. George Rheims
10. John Thompson
11. Augustus Henry Weikman
12. August Wennerström
13. Richard Norris Williams
14. Eva Nickelson
15. Mr. Somnea
16. Mr. Haven
17. Cronos Ibu Noced
18. Percy Crimen
19. Amiba Shilen
20. Ash Frog
21. Kyle Alexander Brian IV
22. Kyle Hudak
23. Matthew DeWinkler
24. James Penca
25. Thomas Lynskey

• Thomson Beattie (passed away)
• Arthur O'Keefe (passed away)
• Loraine Allison (passed away)
• Edvard Bengtsson Lindell (passed away)
• Elin Gerda Lindell (passed away)
• Caledon Hockley ( from the movie )
• Kitty ( 1997 deleted scenes )

Gallery

Collapsible A when it was found by Collapsible D

Collapsible D With Collapsible A

Collapsible D heading to Collapsible A (In the distance)

Crew members and passengers hold onto Collapsible A as it floats off the ship

Collapsible A is prepared by several crew members as water washes on deck in A Night To Remember

A screenshot from The Making Of A Night To Remember, showing a behind the scenes shot of Collapsable A's launch. Murdoch, Lightoller, and Moody have each been identified in this shot.

Sources

• Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic at wikipedia.
• Titanic Collapsible Lifeboat A at Encyclopedia Titanica.
• Collapsible A at RMS Titanic Remembered.