TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Sixth Officer James Paul Moody of the
Titanic James Paul Moody was born in Scarborough, England on the
21st August 1887. His family were not a seafaring family, far
from it, but the pull of the sea must have been fairly strong,
because at the age of 14, Moody went to sea to serve his
apprenticeship under sail. In 1911, at the age of 23, he joined
the White Star Line and was assigned to the giddy splendour of
Oceanic II, a far cry from the sailing vessels he had been
posted aboard during his apprenticeship, and crossing the North
Atlantic in her elegant comfort must have made the notorious
North Atlantic seem like a millpond compared to crossing in the
wooden-hulled sailing ships that he'd been used to. Among
Oceanic II's officers at that time were Charles Lightoller and
David Blair, and together with James Moody, the three men would
all soon be receiving telegrams from the White Star Line
informing them of their new posting, aboard the largest liner in
the world - Titanic. Again, Moody w