| Witness |
Wheel Order |
Engine Room Order |
| Boxhall, Joseph Groves (4th Officer) |
Hard-a-starboard |
Full speed astern |
| Hichens, Robert (Quartermaster steering) |
Hard-a-staboard |
unknown |
| Olliver, Alfred (Quartermaster standing-by) |
Hard-a-port (after the collision) |
Half speed ahead (by Captain after collision) |
| Rowe, George Thomas (Quartermaster aft bridge) |
if it had been hard-a-starboard, the whole side would have been ripped open//the propeller would have been damaged |
no information |
| Barrett, Frederick (Leading stoker) |
n/a |
Stop (before the collision) |
| Beauchamps, George W. (Stoker) |
n/a |
Stop (immediately after the collision) |
| Cavell, George (Trimmer) |
n/a |
Stop |
| Dillon, Thomas (Trimmer) |
n/a |
unknown, telegraph rang before collision, engines stopped after collision |
| Scott, Frederick (Greaser) |
n/a |
Stop first after the shock, then slow ahead, then stop, then slow astern then stop |