Material on the CALIFORNIAN

Folder Twelve includes information on the night signals of shipping lines,maps of the ice field at the time of the sinking, extracts from the Testimony of James Gibson and details of the crew on the CALIFORNIAN. Folder Thirteeen includes copy of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch Report into the reappraisal of evidence relating to SS Californian (1992) Related Material LMQ/6/1/1.

Administrative / biographical background
James Gibson was an apprentice on the Californian, who was on the middle watch (until 4am) the night the TITANIC sank. Gibson gave evidence at the British Enquiry into the sinking.

Record Details

Item reference: LMQ/6/1/2
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 box (2 folders)
Date made: 1912-1995
Creator: Lord-Macquitty Collection
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London