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	2:17 A.M. (floated off)
Launched by officers	Murdoch, Moody
Capacity	47
Estimated occupancy at launch	20
Estimated occupancy at rescue	0 (exact)

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 the Boat Deck started to flood and the boat drifted off the Titanic. Many people tried to climb on it to get out of the icy water, but 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 washed off Titanic at 2:17 am. The boat was washed 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 seawater, 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.

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.

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.

The boat was recovered a month later by the Oceanic, another White Star Line ship.

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

• Thomson Beattie (passed away)
• Arthur O'Keefe (passed away)
• Edvard Bengtsson Lindell (passed away)
• Elin Gerda Lindell (passed away)

Gallery

Collapsible A when it was found

A lifeboat from the Oceanic towing Collapsible A

A lifeboat from the Oceanic heading to Collapsible A (In the distance)

Collapsible A is washed of deck in the 1997 film.

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.