Лайтоллер, Чарльз цитаты

Чарльз Герберт Лайтоллер — английский моряк, дослужившийся до звания commander , кавалер креста «За выдающиеся заслуги» и других наград. Был вторым помощником капитана на борту «Титаника» и самым старшим по званию офицером, выжившим в кораблекрушении. Во время Первой мировой войны был награждён за отвагу, позже, будучи уже морским офицером в отставке, был повторно отмечен наградой за участие в эвакуации союзных войск из Дюнкерка. Wikipedia

✵ 30. Март 1874 – 8. Декабрь 1952

Лайтоллер, Чарльз: Цитаты на английском языке

“When she got to an angle of about 60 degrees, there was a sullen sort of rumbling roar as her massive boilers all left their beds and went crashing down through the bulkheads and everything that stood in their way.Up to that moment, she had stood out as clear as clear with her rows of electric lights all burning. When the boilers broke away, she was, of course, plunged into absolute darkness though her huge black outline was still perfectly distinct up against the stars and sky.Slowly she reared up on end till, at last, she was absolutely perpendicular. Then quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear.As she vanished, everyone around me on the upturned boat, as though they could hardly believe it, just said, "She's gone."”

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Charles Lightoller

Interview with the BBC, 1936