steel four-masted 2,534-ton barque Lydgate, that traded from New York to Shanghai. From 1897 to 1899, he was First Officer aboard the J. Murdoch gained his Extra Master's Certificate at Liverpool in 1896, at age 23. Cuthbert, which sank in a hurricane off Uruguay in 1897. From May 1895, he was First Mate on the St. He served his apprenticeship aboard the Charles Cosworth of Liverpool, trading to the west coast of South America. Finishing schooling, he followed in the family seafaring tradition and was apprenticed for five years to William Joyce & Coy, Liverpool, but after four years (and four voyages) he was so competent that he passed his second mate's Certificate on his first attempt. Murdoch was educated first at the old Primary School in High Street, and then at the Dalbeattie High School in Alpine Street until he gained his diploma in 1887. The Murdochs were a long and notable line of Scottish seafarers his father and grandfather were both sea captains as were four of his grandfather's brothers. Murdoch was born in Dalbeattie in Kirkcudbrightshire (now Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland, the fourth son of Captain Samuel Murdoch, a master mariner, and Jane Muirhead, six of whose children survived infancy. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the ship collided with an iceberg, and was one of the more than 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish sailor, who was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. ![]()
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