10. Collapsible B was rescued by another boat
Throughout the night the survivors on collapsible B shouted in vain for another boat. How many were aboard the boat is uncertain, several collapsed and died during the night. The air pocket beneath the boat gradually subsided and it sank deeper and deeper into the water, which rose up the survivors’ legs until it reached their knees. As the night wore on the sea, which had been dead calm when Titanic struck the iceberg, began to develop a swell, which made maintaining the balance on the boat more difficult. When daylight came, about thirty were still alive on the hull of collapsible B.
Spotted by survivors in other boats, they were transferred to them and eventually RMS Carpathia. Lightoller was the last of the Titanic survivors taken aboard Carpathia, and the most senior of its officers to survive. Captain Smith was reported last seen swimming from the sinking liner, though other reports placed him on the bridge as the ship went down. Chief Officer Wilde was likewise reported last seen in several locations on the ship before it sank. Murdoch was reported by many to have committed suicide with his revolver, an act which Lightoller at first hotly denied, though years later he commented that he knew someone who had committed suicide that night. He did not name him.