Captain Edward J Smith and his senior officers photographed on board RMS Titanic, April 1912. Back row from Left to Right: Herbert McElroy, Charles Lightoller (Second Officer), Herbert Pitman, Joseph Boxhall, Harold Lowe; Front row from Left to Right: James Moody, Henry Wilde (Chief Officer), Edward Smith, William Murdoch (First Officer). RMS Titanic, the largest ocean liner ever built at the time, was reputed to be unsinkable. However, during its maiden voyage it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of 14 April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1517 lives.