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Commodore CHARLES ALFRED BARTLETT CB, CBE, RD, RNR

PERSONAL DATA:

Ethnicity: British
Date of Birth: August 21st, 1868, 58 Lichfield Road, Mile End, London.
Date of Death: February 15, 1945, Park House Nursing Home, Waterloo, Liverpool. Aged 76. Kidney failure. Cremated at Anfield Crematorium.
Eyes: Blue/grey
Height: 5 ft. 11, (1.80 m)
Marital status: Married to Edith Bartlett
Children: One son, named  Charles "Ellis" Bartlett (died on May 13, 1915 on HMS Goliath during the Gallipoli Campaign). One daughter, named Eileen.

CAREER:

YEAR


1888 (?)
1891
1893
1894
1894
1894
1897
1898
1900
1901
1901
1901
1902
1903
1903
1904
1904
1905
1906
1906
1906
1907
1907 
1907
1912 - 1914
1914
1915
1915
1916
1917 - 1931


VESSEL

Airlie (clipper)
Rewa
Jumna 
Dorunda
Jelunga
Germanic
Doric
Gothic
Gothic
Georgic (cargo)
Georgic (cargo)
Teutonic
Celtic
Oceanic
Celtic
Armenian (cargo)
Germanic
Victorian
Canopic
Gothic
Republic
Cymric
Romanic
Cedric
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-
-
HMY Verona
HMHS Britannic
HMHS Britannic
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COMPANY

D. Bruce & Co.
British India Company
British India Company
British India Company
British India Company
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Starl Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
White Star Line
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White Star Line
Royal Navy
Hugh Andrews DL, JP/Royal Navy
White Star Line/Royal Navy
White Star Line/Royal Navy
White Star Line
RANK

Apprentice
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Second Officer
Second Officer
Second Officer
Fourth Officer
Second Officer
Second Officer
First Officer
Second Officer
First Officer
First Officer
First Officer
First Officer
First Officer
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Captain
Retired
Senior Marine Superintendent (Liverpool)
Captain RNR
Captain RNR
Captain RNR
Captain RNR
Senior Marine Superintedent (Liverpool)

POINTS OF INTEREST


While Bartlett was in command of the Gothic in 1906, there were 2 fires onboard within a week, which destroyed the saloon and staterooms. The ship managed to reach Plymouth, but she wouldn’t sail again for 8 months.

Despite being known as a disciplinarian, Bartlett was well-loved by crew and passengers alike. He had an excellent safety record. He was nicknamed "Iceberg Charlie" for his ability to "smell" ice.

When Captain Bartlett was in command of the Germanic, his 1st Officer was William McMaster Murdoch, who would late perish on the Titanic.

Charles Bartlett was questioned by the British Inquiry investigating the sinking of the Titanic. He was appointed Marine Superintendent in January 1912, therefore he was rather familiar with the Titanic and her crew. He was questioned several days about numerous things including boat drills, the course of the Titanic and he was asked several questions about her Officers. 

When the First World War broke out Bartlett joined the Royal Navy as a member of the Royal Naval Reserve and commanded the armed yacht HMY Verona on trawler patrol in the North Sea. For his services he was promoted to Commodore R.N.R. and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. 

In 1921 Bartlett was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE). At his investiture, King George V commented that it was not often he gave a CBE to a man who had lost his ship.

He traveled several times on the Olympic as a 1st class passenger, in the years 1920/1924, and he also traveled on at least one occasion on the Homeric in 1922. 

He retired as Marine Superintendent of the White Star Line on 31st December 1931.




Information researched and compiled by Remco Hillen and Michail Michailakis

SOURCES


Inger Sheil Mark Chirnside Mark Baber’s daily ‘White Star Line History’

‘HMHS Britannic, the Last Titan’ – Simon Mills

‘Hostage to Fortune’ – Simon Mills

‘RMS Olympic, Old Reliable’ – Simon Mills

‘William McMaster Murdoch – A Career at sea’ – Susanne Störmer

'The man who nearly commanded Titanic?' - Simon Mills - 'The Titanic Commutator' #154 (Vol.25, 2001)

www.ellisisland.org

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

www.titanic-titanic.com/white%20star%20line%20ships.shtml

www.titanicinquiry.org

www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bisn.html

www.william-mcmaster-murdoch.org

www.bytenet.net/kaleidoscope/osnc/fleet/baltic2.htm

http://www.titanictown.plus.com/titanictown/britannic.htm

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