There's an even worse case, the SS Arctic (edit..thanks) which sank in 1854, there the crew mutinied and stole all the lifeboats. ZERO of the 195 Children and 185 Women survived but 24 men and 61 crew survived after pitched battles and instances of women and children being thrown into the sea as lifeboats were battled over.
scottgal t1_j5jc9sd wrote
Reply to TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra
There's an even worse case, the SS Arctic (edit..thanks) which sank in 1854, there the crew mutinied and stole all the lifeboats. ZERO of the 195 Children and 185 Women survived but 24 men and 61 crew survived after pitched battles and instances of women and children being thrown into the sea as lifeboats were battled over.