CALIFORNIAN CONTROVERSY

SS Californian - courtesy Wikipedia CALIFORNIAN CONTROVERSY. TITANIC AND THE MYSTERY SHIP - MYSTERY SOLVED. DAVID DYER, 2008 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5625edc1e4b003e2b1ee669b/t/58fd9e382e69cf0c60bc143d/1493016130807/Dyer-Mystery-Ship-article.pdf Having read David Dyer's 'thesis' (and his debut novel offering, 'The Midnight Watch') I am compelled to make some comments. This is a controversial subject, which after 112 years, has not diminished in intensity, oozing with toxic rhetoric. It is strange that there are only two clear cut sides to this debate. Those who loath Captain Lord and condemn him wholesale and those who defend him unconditionally. There is no middle road, which ought to be a further, sensible option. I shall return to this, but first it is important to kick off by taking a closer look at Mr. Dyer's 'thesis' (quotations in red): The Stage: 'Charles Victor Groves, third officer, toward the south, he sees a ship approach fr...