3 o'clock
The ship 's bow was now high in the air , while the stern seemed to settle more and more . There was no storm , but the sea , was very rough , and the ship rolled from side to side with fearful lurches . I think that if she had pitched at all the overstrained , bulkheads would have burst and we should have gone to the bottom . The captain cheered us by telling us that he thought we should run in with a ship by 3 o'clock that Saturday afternoon , but the night drew on and no sail appeared to lighten our gloom . `` We knew the ship was sinking when we came on deck , but there was no panic . The big engines of the ship were all working at the pumps , but the water was steadily gaining in spite of them . With each roll of the ship it could be heard like the roar of the surf .