What companies vessels did the man played by Bernard Hill in Titanic serve as master on
Edward Smith (sea captain) Edward John Smith, RD ( ; 27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British Merchant Navy officer. He served as master of numerous White Star Line vessels. He is best known as the captain of the  who perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
RMS Britannia RMS "Britannia" was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as Cunard Steamship Company. She was launched on 5 February 1840, at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. The ship and her sisters, "Acadia", "Caledonia", and "Columbia", were the first ocean liners built by the company.