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Throughout the voyage on ''Titanic'', he participated in regular inspection of her mechanisms as well as functions, routinely writing notes regarding their overall status before disclosing them with Andrews. Should any anomalies have been discovered during the journey, they were swiftly recorded within the ships' entries in the logbook. She then would have underwent immediate changes as soon as possible following the maiden voyage. Chisholm regularly spent his leisure within first class discussing business and politics amongst other passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voyage and Outcome |url=https://roderickchisholm.wordpress.com/voyage-and-outcome/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.roderickchisholm.wordpress.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
On the night of 14 April 1912, the ''Titanic'' fatally struck an iceberg before sinking two hours and fourty-minutes later; Chisholm never survived.<ref>''Belfast Weekly News'', 25th April, 1912, The Queen's Island Representatives.</ref> His body, if recovered, was never identified.<ref>''Larne Times'', 27th April, 1912, Queen's Island, a day of mourning.</ref> His assets amounted to about 140 pounds, of which his widow became the beneficiary, worth just over £20,000 todayin modern terms, on 10the 10th of June, 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roderick Chisholm - Member of the Harland & Wolff Guarantee Group |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/roderick-chisholm.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.encyclopedia-titanica.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
== Personal life and legacy ==