What companies vessels did the man played by Bernard Hill in Titanic serve as master on
Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled 'hard man' whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama "Boys from the Blackstuff" and, more recently, as the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC adaptation of Dame Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall". He is also known for roles in blockbuster films, including Captain Edward Smith in "Titanic", King Théoden in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film "True Crime".
HMS Princess Irene HMS "Princess Irene" was a  GRT ocean liner which was built in 1914 by William Denny and Brothers Ltd, Dumbarton, Scotland for the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy on completion and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. On 27 May 1915, she exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.