<P> As the evacuation of the Titanic began, Andrews tirelessly searched staterooms telling the passengers to put on lifebelts and go up on deck . Several survivors testify to have met or spotted Andrews several times . Fully aware of the short time the ship had left and of the lack of lifeboat space for all passengers and crew, he continued to urge reluctant people into the lifeboats in the hope of filling them with as many people as possible . </P> <P> Andrews was reportedly last seen by John Stewart, a steward on the ship, at approximately 2: 10 a.m., ten minutes before the Titanic sank into the Atlantic . Andrews was standing alone in the first - class smoking room staring at a painting, Plymouth Harbour, above the fireplace, arms folded over his chest, his lifejacket lying on a nearby table . The painting depicted the entrance to Plymouth Sound, which Titanic had been expected to visit on her return voyage . </P> <P> Although this has become one of the most famous legends of the sinking of the Titanic - published in a 1912 book (Thomas Andrews: Shipbuilder by Shan Bullock) and thereby perpetuated - Stewart, in fact, left the ship in a lifeboat at approximately 1: 40 a.m., half an hour before his reputed sighting of Andrews . </P> <P> There were testimonies of sightings of Andrews after that moment . It appears that Andrews stayed in the smoking room for some time, then continued assisting with the evacuation . At around 2: 00 a.m., he was seen back on the boat deck . The crowd had begun to stir, but there were still women reluctant to leave the ship . To be heard and to draw attention to himself, Andrews waved his arms and announced to them in a loud voice . Another reported sighting was of Andrews frantically throwing deck chairs into the ocean for passengers to cling to in the water, though he may have been mistaken for chief baker Charles Joughin, who survived the sinking and reported doing the same thing . He then headed towards the bridge, perhaps in search of Captain Smith . Andrews was last seen leaving the ship in its final moments . His body was never recovered . </P>

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