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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". == Career == Haddock was born to Herbert James Haddock (born 1825) in Rugby, Warwickshire on 27 January 1861. Before working for the White Star Line, Haddock was a lieutenant with the Royal Navy aboard HMS ''Edinburgh''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://website.lineone.net/~remosliema/malta_1888.htm )〕 In 1902, Haddock was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was later ''aide de camp'' to British royalty.〔 His White Star Line career included commanding a number of liners, including the RMS ''Britannic'', SS ''Germanic'', RMS ''Cedric'', and RMS ''Oceanic''.〔 Haddock was also nominally the first commander of RMS ''Titanic''. He signed on as her master at Southampton on 25 March 1912, and then travelled to Belfast to oversee the crew that was assembling there for the ship's delivery trip to Southampton. He was relieved by Edward J. Smith at Belfast on 31 March and then returned to Southampton to take command of Smith's previous ship, RMS ''Olympic''. On 3 April he began ''Olympic''s tenth Southampton-New York-Southampton roundtrip, arriving in New York on 10 April, the day ''Titanic'' left Southampton. ''Olympic'' was given the radio call sign ''MKC''. At the time of ''Titanic''s sinking Haddock was sailing ''Olympic'' easterly from New York to Southampton, approximately west by south of ''Titanic''s location. Haddock was informed of the disaster by wireless operator Ernest James Moore at 2250 ET on 14 April. After receiving a CQD call from ''Titanic'', Haddock calculated a new course and headed directly to her. He also sent for an engineer to set the ship's engines to full power.〔 When from ''Titanic'', at approximately 1600 ET on 15 April, Haddock received a message from Captain Rostron of RMS ''Carpathia'', explaining that continuing on course to ''Titanic'' would gain nothing, as "All boats accounted for. About 675 souls saved () Titanic foundered about 2.20 am."〔〔 Rostron requested that the message be forwarded to White Star and Cunard. He said that he was returning to harbour in New York, and recommended that other ships do the same.〔 Subsequently, the wireless room aboard the ''Olympic'' operated as a clearing room for radio messages.〔 In the United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the ''Titanic'', Haddock was interviewed by William Alden Smith on 25 May 1912. Haddock gave his residence as Southampton, and his employment as a "master mariner".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Haddock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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