![]() He would also be in charge of relaying messages or orders given to him to other parts of the ship so it could run efficiently. He supported and overlooked the processes necessary in ensuring the ship met the safety regulations to take off on time. Despite his numerous years at sea, however, the maiden voyage of the Titanic was to be his first transatlantic crossing.Īboard the Titanic – Lowe’s duties aboard the Titanic varied, like the ship's other junior officers he reported to White Stars Liverpool offices at nine o'clock in the morning March 26, 1912, travelling to board the Titanic in Belfast the following day. By the time he started with the White Star Line, in 1911, he had gained his Master's certificate and, in his own words, "experience with pretty well every ship afloat – the different classes of ships afloat – from the schooner to the square-rigged sailing vessel, and from that to steamships, and of all sizes.” He served as third officer on White Star's ships: The Belgic and The Tropic before being transferred to Titanic as Fifth Officer in 1912. In 1906, he passed his certification and gained his second mate's certificate, then in 1908, he attained his first mate's certificate. Lowe started as a Ship's Boy aboard the Welsh coastal schooners as he worked to attain his certifications. At 14, he ran away from his home in Barmouth where he had attended school and joined the Merchant Navy, serving along the West African Coast. His father had ambitions for him to be apprenticed to a successful Liverpool businessman, but Harold Lowe was determined to go to sea. ![]() ![]() Commander Harold Godfrey Lowe was born in Llanrhos, Caernarvonshire, Wales on 21 November 1882, the fourth of eight children, born to George and Harriet Lowe.
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