Stanley Lord

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Stanley Phillip Lord (13 September 1877 – 24 January 1962) was a British merchant seaman who was captain of the SS Californian on the night the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912. The ship, which was primarily a freighter that could carry a small number of passengers, has been named as being the unidentified ship that failed to come to the aid of the foundering Titanic. Lord was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and began his career at sea at the age of thirteen. He quickly moved up the ranks of the merchant navy, earning his certificates, and began working for the Leyland Line in 1900, when they took over Lord's previous company. He got his first commmand in 1906, aged only 28. He became captain of the Californian in 1911. On the eve of the sinking, Captain Lord had stopped the Californian for the night when it had entered an ice field, not far from a ship which was spotted on the horizon around midnight. Over the next few hours, officers on watch reported to Lord about seeing white rockets from...

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