1912 15th April
Titanic Distress Rockets Fired
Helps send distress rockets from Titanic to attract the attention of nearby vessels.
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Joseph Boxhall
Fourth officer and surviving witness to the disaster. This page combines historical context with 4 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Titanic archive.
Historical context
Joseph Boxhall: overview and significance
What happened?
Joseph Boxhall served as fourth officer, assisted with navigation and distress work, and later escaped in a lifeboat. He gave detailed evidence to the official inquiries.
Why was it important?
Boxhall's testimony helped reconstruct bridge activity, position calculations, distress rockets and the evacuation.
World History Database records
Joseph Boxhall timeline
The records below are selected from the 241-record RMS Titanic archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1912
1912 15th April
Titanic Lifeboat Two
Survives the disaster after taking charge of lifeboat number 2.
1912 15th April
Titanic Position Calculation
Works out Titanic's position for distress messages and communication with responding ships.
1912 22nd May
Boxhall Titanic Inquiry Evidence
Gives evidence to the British inquiry about bridge activity, distress signals and lifeboat operations.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Titanic records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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