On May 10, 1912, The R.M.S. Titanic caught fire just 40 km from the Grand Banks. The captain, Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, authorized to set course for the Standard Oil artificial island; Point Rockefeller, a refueling station for many oil exporting ships. After working on the blaze for 21 hours, it was finally contained on May 12, with over 88 casualties. Lord Kerr was pardoned from all issues regarding the fire, which was caused by a faulty light bulb. News relating to the incident spread almost as fast as the actual fire itself, with responses from the Emperor of Tokyo and Japan on Britain failing ability to control the seas. Ruling the waves was not in the British dictionary, it would seem. Numerous ships over went many renovations, in order to improve both the image of Britain and its shi