Stanley Lord

Stanley Lord was the captain of the British steamship Californian. The Californian was near the Titanic when it sank on April 15, 1912. Investigations into the disaster, both in the United States and Great Britain, focused heavily on the Californian's proximity and Captain Lord's actions.

While Lord's supporters, known as "Lordites," argued that another ship was between the Californian and the Titanic, and that the Californian was too far away to have heard distress rockets, official inquiries concluded otherwise. The British inquiry, in particular, stated that the Californian was only 5-10 nautical miles away and "might have saved many, if not all, of the lives that were lost". Despite these criticisms, the exact location of the Californian that night remains debated.12