British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912 resulted in an inquiry by the British Wreck Commissioner on behalf of the British Board of Trade. The inquiry was overseen by High Court judge Lord Mersey, and was held in London from 2 May to 3 July 1912. The hearings took place mainly at the London Scottish Drill Hall, at 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1. There were a total of 42 days of official investigation. Lord Mersey and the various counsels, assessors and experts in marine law and
RMS Titanic in popular culture of the film "Atlantic". Noël Coward's highly successful 1931 play "Cavalcade", adapted into an Oscar-winning film of the same name in 1933, has a romantic plot which features a shock ending set aboard the "Titanic". In 1974 the disaster was used as the backdrop for the play "Titanic", which D. Brian Anderson characterises as "a one-act sexual farce". The passengers and crew eagerly await the arrival of the iceberg but the ship fails to find it. While "Titanic" wanders the ocean looking for the iceberg, those aboard fill the time by making a series of sexual revelations, such as the