Comander Harold Lowe a’r Commander Harold Lowe and Titanic Yn ein cyfarfod diwethaf cawsom sgwrs arbennig o At our last meeting we had an enthralling talk by ddiddorol gan Capten John Lowe o Ddeganwy am Captain John Lowe about his grandfather, hanes ei Daid, Comander Harold Lowe. Roedd Commander Harold Lowe. Commander Lowe was th Comander Lowe yn 5ed Swyddog ar y Titanic ac 5 Officer on the Titanic and the talk was about the roedd y sgwrs yn cyd-fynd a chanmlwyddiant y forthcoming hundredth anniversary of the terrible tragedy of the sinking of the ship trychineb ofnadwy pan when so many people lost their suddodd y llong a phan gollodd lives. According to Capotain cymaint o bobl eu bywydau. Lowe, his grandfather was very Yn ôl Capten Lowe, gyndyn reluctant to talk about the event. iawn oedd ei Daid i siarad am ei ran yn y digwyddiad.

Cafodd Comander Lowe ei Commander Lowe served his brentisiaeth fel llongwr ar y apprenticeship on the square badau llechi oedd yn hwylio ar riggers carrying slate across the Fôr Iwerddon. Badau â hwyliau Irish Sea. Later he sailed them a rigin sgwâr oedd y rhain ac yn ddiweddarach mi round Cape Horn to Chile, to South Africa and fu’n hwylio arnynt ‘Rownd yr Horn’ i Chile, i Dde Australia. Then came the age of the steamships and Affrig ag i Awstralia. Yna daeth oes y llongau stêm he joined Elder Dempster before joining the White a bu’n hwylio gydag Elder Dempster cyn ymuno a Star Line. He was called to join the Titanic at White Star. Cafodd ei alw i ymuno a’r Titanic ym and one of his first duties was to check the Melfast ac un o’r pethau cyntaf a wnaeth oedd lifeboats. The ship sailed for on 2nd sicrhau bod y badau achub mewn cyflwr iawn. April 1912 and then on the 10th she set sail for Hwyliodd y llong am Southampton ar 2il o Ebrill Cherbourg and then Queenstown in Ireland. It is ac yna ar y 10fed cychwynnwyd am Cherbourg ac recorded that the ship’s Captain ordered that the yna i Queenstown lifeboat drill to be held on the 14th April had been yn Iwerddon. Ar y 14eg Ebrill fe drosglwyddwyd cancelled. neges gan y Capten yn dweud bod yr ymarfer lansio badau achub wedi cael ei ganslo.

Mae’r hanes am wroldeb a dewrder 5ed Swyddog Lowe ar yr The bravery and heroism of 5th adeg wedi cael ei gofnodi mewn Officer Lowe has been well llawer i lyfr a hanesyn a bydd documented in many books and articles and the film Titanic is to be ffilm Titanic yn cael ei ddangos shown again in the spring, in 3D!! In unwaith eto yn ystod y gwanwyn - the film, 5th Officer Lowe is mewn 3D!! Yn y ffilm fe portrayed by Ioan Gruffydd. bortreadwyd 5ed Swyddog Lowe gan Ioan

Gruffydd.

O ganlyniad i bob trychineb o’r math yma , mae As a result of tragedies of this sort, lessons are gwersi yn cael eu dysgu. Yn yr achos yma fe learnt. In this case several new regulations were gyflwynwyd amryw o reolau diogelwch newydd, introduced, one of which related in particular to un ohonynt yn ymwneud a’r nifer a maint y badau the number and size of lifeboats on board ships so achub sydd ar longau fel bod yna ddigon o le i that could accommodate all the people on board if bawb arnynt os bo angen. Hefyd daeth rheolau newydd, un ohonynt yn ymwneud a’r nifer a maint required. New regulations were also introduced to y badau achub sydd ar longau fel bod yna ddigon o ensure that wireless telegraphs were manned both le i bawb arnynt os bo angen. Hefyd daeth rheolau by day and night so that ships could communicate newydd i rym i sicrhau bod telegraffau radio yn with each other in the event of an emergency. Also, cael sylw ar bob awr o’r dydd a’r nos fel y gallai by day and night so that ships could communicate llongau cydgysylltu a'i gilydd a bod o gymorth with each other in the event of an emergency. Also, mewn argyfwng. Yn 1914 fe sefydlwyd y Patrôl in 1914, the International Ice Patrol was Rhewfryn Rhyngwladol. established.

Yn ôl i’r môr aeth 5ed Swyddog Lowe ar ôl y 5th Officer Lowe returned to sea after the tragedy trychineb, ac meddai Capoten Lowe ‘am nad oedd because, as Captain Lowe said, ‘he didn’t know yn gwybod unrhyw waith arall’. Aeth ymlaen i any other job’. He went on to gain his papers to be a Commander. After retiring, he returned to ennill ei bapurau fel Comander. Ymsefydlodd ym , the village of his birth where he was very mhentref ei enedigaeth yn Neganwy wedi iddo much involved in community life. He became a ymddeol a bu’n weithgar iawn yn y gymuned, fel Councillor on Conwy Borough Council, an Air Cynghorydd ar Gyngor Bwrdeistref Conwy, yn Raid Warden for the village and a Church Warden Warden Cyrchoedd Awyr ac yn Warden yn Eglwys at All Saint’s Church. yr Holl Saint.

Mae’r Grŵp Hanes yn cydnabod dewrder The History Group has recognised Commander Comander Lowe ac mi fydd plac i gofio amdano Lowe’s bravery by commissioning a plaque which yn cael ei ddadorchuddio ar y tŷ lle y bu’n byw yn is to be unveiled at 1 Marine Terrace, the house where he lived in Deganwy. This event will take 1 Marine Terrace, Deganwy. Fe gynhelir y place at 2pm on 10th April, 100 years since Titanic digwyddiad hwn am 2pm ar 10fed Ebrill, sef can departed from Southampton on her disastrous mlynedd ar ôl i’r Titanic adael Southampton ar ei voyage thaith drychinebus.

Bedd Comander Lowe ym The grave of Commander Lowe Mynwent Eglwys Llandrillo yn at Rhos on Sea Church Cemetery Rhos

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