泰坦尼克號
RMS Titanic

context: zh_tw: 事故當晚 23 時左右，船長史丹利・洛德到海圖室休息。然而，值班二副赫伯特・史東（Herbert Stone）在 1 時 10 分通知船長，遠方船隻發射了 5 枚訊號彈；船長想知道他們發射的是否是公司訊號，也就是用於識別的彩色訊號彈。二副表示不確定訊號彈的含義，因為全是白色的。船長指示船員繼續用光線發射摩斯電碼，然後返回室內就寢。1 時 50 分，二副再度觀察到 3 枚訊號彈，他指出，那艘船在水中看起來很奇怪，好像正在傾斜。2 時 15 分，船員通知船長「無法再看見那艘船了」。船長再問訊號彈是否有任何顏色，船員回答「全都是白色的」。5 時 30 分左右，大副喬治・史都華（George Stewart）喚醒電報員，告訴他夜間出現了訊號彈，並要求他嘗試聯絡任何船隻，於是他收到鐵達尼號沉沒的訊息，立即通知船長，開始進行援助行動。在卡柏菲亞號已經救起所有生還者後，加州人號才抵達現場。
en: One of the most controversial issues examined by the inquiries was the role played by SS Californian, which had been only a few miles from Titanic but had not picked up her distress calls or responded to her signal rockets. Californian had warned Titanic by radio of the pack ice (that was the reason Californian had stopped for the night) but was rebuked by Titanic's senior wireless operator, Jack Phillips.Testimony before the British inquiry revealed that at 10:10 p.m., Californian observed the lights of a ship to the south; it was later agreed between Captain Stanley Lord and Third Officer C.V. Groves (who had relieved Lord of duty at 11:10 p.m.) that this was a passenger liner. At 11:50 p.m., the officer had watched that ship's lights flash out, as if she had shut down or turned sharply, and that the port light was now visible. Morse light signals to the ship, upon Lord's order, were made between 11:30 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., but were not acknowledged. If Titanic was as far from the Californian as Lord claimed, then he knew, or should have known, that Morse signals would not be visible. A reasonable and prudent course of action would have been to awaken the wireless operator and to instruct him to attempt to contact Titanic by that method. Had Lord done so, it is possible he could have reached Titanic in time to save additional lives.Captain Lord had gone to the chartroom at 11:00 p.m. to spend the night; however, Second Officer Herbert Stone, now on duty, notified Lord at 1:10 a.m. that the ship had fired five rockets. Lord wanted to know if they were company signals, that is, coloured flares used for identification. Stone said that he did not know and that the rockets were all white. Captain Lord instructed the crew to continue to signal the other vessel with the Morse lamp, and went back to sleep. Three more rockets were observed at 1:50 a.m. and Stone noted that the ship looked strange in the water, as if she were listing. At 2:15 a.m., Lord was notified that the ship could no longer be seen. Lord asked again if the lights had had any colours in them, and he was informed that they were all white.Californian eventually responded. At around 5:30 a.m., Chief Officer George Stewart awakened wireless operator Cyril Furmstone Evans, informed him that rockets had been seen during the night, and asked that he try to communicate with any ship. He got news of Titanic's loss, Captain Lord was notified, and the ship set out to render assistance. She arrived well after Carpathia had already picked up all the survivors.The inquiries found that the ship seen by Californian was in fact Titanic and that it would have been possible for Californian to come to her rescue; therefore, Captain Lord had acted improperly in failing to do so.
qas: question: zh_tw: 為什麼大副想找其他的船？
en: Why did the Chef Officer wanted to seek other ships?
answers: zh_tw: text: Stewart）喚醒電報員，告訴他夜間出現了訊號彈，並要求他嘗試聯絡任何船隻，於是他收到鐵達尼號沉沒的訊息，立即通知船長，開始進行援助行動。
en: text: rockets had been seen during the night