Bobsprit wrote:
Good god. WRONG!!!!
Titanic's wheel worked counter to today's wheels.

No, it did not. You are misinformed.

... Tiller logic prevailed for
quite a few years, even with wheels on large ships.
The wheel on Titanic had to be turned to PORT for a starboard course.

That's a misconception. Does the USS Constitution wheel work backwards?
How about all theose skipjacks from the 1890s and early 1900s?

For that matter, the diagrams of the Titanic's steering system (provided
by Brown & Co, Marine Engineering & Hydraulics) are still on file at
Harlan & Wolff's, the shipbuilder.

Several writers from Darcy Lever, Esq ('Young Sea Officer's Sheet
Anchor, 1819') to Allan Villiers have documented how ships wheels
worked. Not one case of a "tiller rigged" wheel is known to have existed.

If you get a copy of Joshua Slocum's "Voyage Alone Around The World" he
includes a diagram of his steering rig. Guess which way the wheel turned...

DSK