He was not a criminal for having too few lifeboats. It wasn't up to him to decide how many lifeboats to carry.


The ship conformed to all marittime codes of the day.

He didn't ignore ice warnings, he didn't recieve the key one from the wireless operator.

He was in open ocean, going full speed. He was in the established sea lanes, the lookouts had orders to look out for small ice--this indicates you are entering into an ice field, this was not seen, they collided with an iceberg floating alone.

The conditions of the ocean didn't allow for the iceberg to be spotted in time.

He didn't do anything out of the ordinary for the cruise.
If he was in the wrong, how come other captains of the day were sailing the same route, at the same time of the year, and not sinking?

It was a freak accident, nothing more.