The captain goes down with the ship The captain goes down with the ship "The captain goes down with the ship" is an idiom and maritime tradition that a sea captain holds ultimate responsibility for both his ship and everyone embarked on it, and that in an emergency, he will either save them or die trying. Although often connected to the sinking of RMS "Titanic" in 1912 and its captain, Edward J. Smith, the phrase precedes "Titanic" by at least 11 years. In most instances, the captain of the ship forgoes his own rapid departure of a ship in distress, and concentrates instead on saving other people.
The Legend of the Titanic The Legend of the Titanic The Legend of the Titanic (, ) is a 1999 Italian animated film directed by Orlando Corradi and Kim J. Ok. The film is a very loose adaptation of the RMS "Titanic" sinking and featured several fantasy elements such as anthropomorphic animals. "The Legend of the Titanic" was followed by a 2004 sequel titled "Tentacolino". In modern-day New York City an old mouse named Conners tells his grandchildren the supposedly "true" story of RMS "Titanic". In April 1912, Conners was a young sailor mouse on "Titanic"s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. He is