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The Crows Nest | Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board The crows nest was still, sort of, attached My tape is of poor quality from age and wear, but it looks like the crows nest had "split?" in two and flattened, or the front rounded body had fallen away, leaving the aft portions of the crows nest still partially attached The mast appeared to be visible its entire length
Lookout in the Crows Nest - Encyclopedia Titanica The lookouts in the crow's nest would not have had too much advantage in the distance they could see compared to those on the bridge However , the advantages of crow's nest have been explained to be
On Titanics Bridge The crow’s nest had about a 26-foot (7 9 meter) height advantage above the bridge, which meant that the lookouts could see about a mile and half (2 4 kilometers) farther Mounted to the mast directly above the crow’s nest was a 15-inch (38-cm) brass warning bell
Lookouts : The Human Perspective - Encyclopedia Titanica From Crows Nest 11 2 N Miles Estimated height of Iceberg above Water 60 feet Distance to Horizon from top 9 1 N Miles Theoretical sighting distance of top of iceberg in clear daylight:
We have no look-out glasses in the crows nest. Upon Titanic’s arrival at Southampton, Blair had been in the crow’s nest using the binoculars himself (When docking the ship, each officer had an assigned station, and the crow’s nest position was assigned to the Second Officer ) Hogg was asked: 17501 When you left the ship at Southampton, what did you do with those glasses?
Crows Nest Telephone Key - Encyclopedia Titanica Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key" Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Graham Navy Type telephone, used on the crows nest, or the binoculars locker also on the crows nest, mentioned by lookout, Fleet, in his official enquiry
3 Bells from the Crows Nest - Encyclopedia Titanica Is there any information about the average frequency with which the lookouts in the Crow's Nest rang 3 bells because they saw - or thought they saw - an object ahead in the ship's path during transatlantic voyages in the early part of the 20th century leading up to the Titanic disaster? There is
Crows nest - Was it Really Possible to see the Iceberg? In theory the look outs on the crows nest being half way up the mast in theory should see the ice berg starting to block out stars on the horizon before the bridge as they would be able to see past the curvature of the earth before the bridge