British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry
Report on the Loss of the “Titanic.” (s.s.)
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS, 1894 TO 1906.
IN THE MATTER OF the Formal Investigation held at the Scottish Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th May, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th June, at the Caxton Hall, Caxton Street, Westminster, on the 1st and 3rd July, and at the Scottish Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on the 30th July, 1912, before the Right Honourable Lord Mersey, Wreck Commissioner, assisted by Rear Admiral the Honourable S. A. Gough-Calthorpe, C.V.O., R.N.; Captain A. W. Clarke; Commander F. C. A. Lyon, R.N.R.; Professor J. H. Biles, D.Sc., LL.D.; and Mr. E. C. Chaston, R.N.R., as Assessors, into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamship “Titanic” of Liverpool, and the loss of 1,490 lives in the North Atlantic Ocean, in lat. 41 deg; 46′ N., long. 50 deg; 14′ W. on the 15th April last.
REPORT OF THE COURT.
The Court, having carefully inquired into the circumstances of the above mentioned shipping casualty, finds, for the reasons appearing in the annex hereto, that the loss of the said ship was due to collision with an iceberg, brought about by the excessive speed at which the ship was being navigated.
Dated this 30th day of July, 1912. MERSEY. Wreck Commissioner. We concur in the above report. ARTHUR GOUGH-CALTHORPE, A. W. CLARKE,
Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer on the R.M.S. Titanic 
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