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When the iceberg is sighted, First Officer Murdoch (Ewan Stewart) shouts “hard a starboard” and the quartermaster turns the wheel toward port. Whats happening?

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When the iceberg is sighted, First Officer Murdoch (Ewan Stewart) shouts “hard a starboard” and the quartermaster turns the wheel toward port. Whats happening?

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Lots of opinions here. According to Don Lynch (the main historical consultant for the film) Murdoch ordered “port” not “starboard”. In “Titanic – An Illustrated History”, Lynch writes that later Murdoch DID tell Captain Smith that he turned toward starboard.

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