Smith might have been incompetent in the face of danger, but at least he wasn't a coward. Most research indicate that he was on the bridge at the time the Titanic sunk.

Naah, the Titanic's Captain went down with his ship and wasn't the main person to blame for the crash.

This, was quite opposite, the captain has been arrested for possibly deliberately going too close to the shore, while only 11 people died.