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David Blair (mariner)
David Blair (or Davy) (11 November 1874 – 10 January 1955) was a British merchant seaman with the White Star Line, which had reassigned him from the RMS ''Titanic'' just before its maiden voyage. Due to his hasty departure, he accidentally kept a key to a storage locker believed to contain binoculars intended for use by the crow's nest lookout.
==Titanic posting and reshuffle==
Blair, from Broughty Ferry, was originally appointed the Second Officer of the ''Titanic''.〔Mr. David Blair. ''Encyclopedia Titanica''. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/2245/〕 He had been with the ship during its trial voyages to test the ship's seaworthiness and the final journey from its place of construction in Belfast.
The White Star Line, however, decided that with the ''Titanic'''s sister ship, the RMS ''Olympic'', currently undergoing layovers, to have the ''Olympic'''s Chief Officer, Henry Wilde take the position, citing his experience with ships of the ''Titanics class as a reason.〔Titanic's Officer Reshuffle. http://www.titanic-titanic.com/titanic_officer_shuffle.shtml〕 Chief Officer William Murdoch and First Officer Charles Lightoller were thus demoted one-step in rank, removing Blair from the command roster. Blair wrote about the disappointment of losing his position on the ''Titanic'' in a postcard to his sister-in-law days before the ''Titanic'' left for Southampton,〔Key that could have saved the Titanic http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/29/ntitanic129.xml〕 remarking, "This is a magnificent ship, I feel very disappointed I am not to make her first voyage."
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