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Remarkable coincidence for Titanic captain Tim |
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Written by Dean Beedell (webmaster)
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News item excerpt from the Henley Standard
 I WISH Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society all the best with
their production of Titanic The Musical, which will be staged at the
Kenton Theatre for a week next month.
The casting of the musical has thrown up a remarkable
coincidence. The captain of the RMS Titanic was E.J. Smith, who will be
played by Tim Sloane. Paul Cockfield plays his second officer, Charles
Lightoller.
This is the second time that Tim has had a Lightoller under
his command. He served in the Royal Navy and, in the Seventies,
commanded the submarine HMS Orpheus. His first lieutenant was Tim
Lightoller, grandson of Charles.
The Titanic Lightoller had a most interesting career after the
tragedy in which 1,517 died when the liner sank on its maiden voyage in
April 1912.
During the First World War he commanded a destroyer which
rammed and sank a German U-boat. His ship was so badly damaged that he
had to take it back to harbour stern first.
After the war Charles bought an old 58ft motor yacht named
Sundowner which he took to Dunkirk in 1940 and saved 127 soldiers from
the beach.
The boat was later acquired by the East Kent Maritime Trust
and Tim took it back to Dunkirk for the trust in 1990 for the 50th
anniversary. I’m reliably informed that Titanic The Musical is quite
stunning. Ambitious it most certainly is. Just how are they going to
navigate Marsh Lock?
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