Isn’t it true that the lookouts in the crow’s nest (”the eyes of the ship”) had no BINOCULARS!!?
IIRC, there were five pairs of binoculars on board, but none of the ship’s officers could remember where they were stowed.
Captain Smith was no doubt aware of this, but he had orders from Bruce Ismay to push the gigantic ship to its highest speed, on a moonless night, into a known ice field amid a flurry of ice reports from other ships, some of which were forced to stop in mid-ocean, surrounded by ice. Madness!
One of the myths that was addressed was that Lord Ismay allegedly ordered undue speed for the ship's progress, an order that spelled ultimate disaster.
It's being stated today that there exists not one shred of evidence, written or oral (other than highly-colored newspaper accounts and feverish rumors of the day) that any such order was given to Captain Edward Smith.
I suppose that this "myth" as well as its rebuttal will always be a matter of debate and conflicting opinion. So many compelling mysteries of the Titanic are viewed and solved one way or the other through the eyes of the beholder.
Leni