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He was also in charge of closing the last gangway, and most likely saved the lives of six crewmen who arrived too late to board by turning them away. On Titanic 's sailing day, 10 April, Moody assisted, among other things, in aiding Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in lowering two of the starboard lifeboats to satisfy the Board of Trade that Titanic met safety standards. Moody's service as Sixth Officer earned him about $37 a month, although he was allowed his own cabin as compensation for his small salary.

Titanic then sailed for Southampton to take on passengers. Murdoch ordered Lowe and Moody to inspect the starboard side lifeboats and to make sure their equipment was complete he ordered Pitman and Boxhall to do likewise with the port side lifeboats.

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Moody had only received his Master's License the previous April, but he had a broad sense of knowledge and decades of experience to look up to in his senior officers and captain. From there he travelled to board Titanic at the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast on 27 March and reported to William McMaster Murdoch. He also had a romantic interest that he confided in his brother, might be 'the one'.Īlong with the other junior officers, Moody received a message in March 1912 ordering him to report to White Star's Liverpool offices on 26 March. While serving aboard the RMS Titanic, Moody was living with an uncle in Grimsby, England and used the residence as his shore address. Moody was somewhat reluctant to accept the assignment as he had hoped to spend a summer on the Atlantic aboard the Oceanic, after having endured a harsh winter, and was also hoping to take leave. In March 1912 he received word that he was to be assigned to RMS Titanic as her Sixth Officer. After very briefly attending the King Edward VII Nautical School in 1910, a nautical 'cram' school preparing officers for their Board of Trade examinations, he successfully obtained his Ordinary Master's Certification, and in August 1911 served the White Star Line aboard the Oceanic as her sixth officer. Īfter attaining his Second Mate's Certification, Moody went into steam and sailed in cargo and early oil-tankers, eventually attaining his First Mate's Certificate. In 1904 he joined the William Thomas Line's Boadicea as an apprentice, and endured a horrific, storm-troubled voyage to New York, in which one of his fellow apprentices was driven to suicide. His two years in the ship, 1902–1903, counted as one years' sea time towards his Board of Trade Second Mate's Certification. Moody attended the Rosebery House School, where he received a prestigious education, before joining the Navy training vessel HMS Conway as a cadet in 1902. Moody's grandfather and namesake, John James Paul Moody, had been Mayor of Scarborough. James Paul Moody was born in Scarborough, England, on 21 August 1887, the youngest of four children, three boys and one girl, born to solicitor John Henry Moody and his wife Evelyn Louisa Lammin. He died when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. James Paul Moody (21 August 1887 – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor, who served as Titanic 's sixth officer.

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