Titanic

The captin is always responsible, he has the responsibility to choose what is right for everybody and to protect everbody. Captain Smith and Smith alone is responsible for the death of his ship and those that he was intrusted to carry. As a passenger ship Captain I realize that this is a mightly hard view. Captain Smith may have not been responsible for the design but he was responsible for the safe and prudent navigation of his vessel. Regardless of any of the circumstances leading up to and during the disaster Captain Smith must shoulder full and sole responsibility for the outcome. For he was the ships master. Much like the King in a monarchy he is responsible for all that occurs. Whether his decisions were influenced by anyone or not it does not matter. The design would not be in question if the accident hadn't happened.