Herbert Haddock

Herbert James Haddock, CB RNR (27 January 1861 – 4 October 1946) was an English naval reserve officer and ship's captain, and was captain of the RMS Olympic at the time of the sinking of the Titanic. He was the first person to captain Titanic, overseeing the ship at Belfast while her delivery-trip crew was assembling there from 25 to 31 March 1912.A 1911 story in The New York Times described Haddock as the "only skipper in the Atlantic trade who wears the mid-Victorian mutton chop whiskers without a beard or mustache".

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Birth dateJanuary 27, 1861
Birth place
England , Rugby Warwickshire , Warwickshire
Date of deathOctober 04, 1946
Place of death
England , Hampshire , Southampton

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