Vilified forever in the epic tragedy as the 'Ship Who Watched Titanic Sink', the SS Californian remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in the immortal saga of tragedy.
Captain Stanley Lord's life would never be the same after that night. The American and British Inquiries in the wake of the sinking both found Lord's actions that night both unprofessional and negligible. While no formal charges were ever filed, the court of public opinion ruined the man's career and shattered his life.
Ironically, the SS Californian herself disappeared from history not long after the sinking. During World War I, a fate almost poetic in nature, the ship was sunk during the war and has never been found.
The Californian Timeline on April 15, 1912.
What exactly transpired on the decks of the Californian that fateful night is forever lost to the voids of history and time. What we can deduce is pieced together from testimony given by Californian's captain and officers during the Official Inquires, and the only first hand record of the events of the tragedy ever to be produced. The following timeline is constructed from those very testimonies which can be viewed in full detail, word for word, in the digitized transcript link at the bottom of this article.
