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There was Supposed to be a Lifeboat Drill

A lifeboat drill was meant to be conducted on the Titanic, and it was scheduled for April 14, but it was called off in the end. No one knows precisely why the drill was called off but a possible explanation is that the ship’s Captain, Captain Edward Smith, wanted to deliver his final Sunday service before retiring so he canceled the drill in order to do so.

Unfortunately, that meant the ship’s crew only did one lifeboat drill, and that was while the Titanic was still docked; this posed serious problems when the ship began sinking as there was a ton of confusion from both the crew and the passengers.