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Lauren Tarshis is an American author of children's books, with several series of fiction, non-fiction and historical fiction works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages. [ 2][ 3][ 4] She is the author of the New York Times Bestselling series I Survived. The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades ...
Charles John Joughin (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ k ɪ n / JOK-in; 3 August 1878 – 9 December 1956) was a British-American chef, known as being the chief baker aboard the RMS Titanic.He survived the ship's sinking, and became notable for having survived in the frigid water for an exceptionally long time before being pulled onto the overturned Collapsible B lifeboat with virtually no ill effects.
1,490–1,635. RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 ( ship's time) [ a] on 14 April.
Archibald Gracie III (father) Archibald Gracie IV (January 15, 1858 – December 4, 1912) was an American writer, soldier, amateur historian, real estate investor, and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. Gracie survived the sinking of the Titanic by climbing aboard an overturned collapsible lifeboat and wrote a popular book about the disaster. [ 1]
Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and nurse in the early 20th century. Jessop is best known for having survived the sinking of both RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been aboard the eldest of the three sister ships, RMS Olympic, when it collided with the British warship HMS Hawke ...
J. Bruce Ismay. Joseph Bruce Ismay ( / ˈɪzmeɪ /; [ 1] 12 December 1862 [ 2] – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. [ 3] In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's new flagship RMS ...
The owners of the Titanic sought to limit liability following the ship’s sinking by petitioning under 1851 legislation. The owners of the submersible lost on its dive to visit that famed ship ...
Fewer than a third of those aboard Titanic survived the disaster. Some survivors died shortly afterwards; injuries and the effects of exposure caused the deaths of several of those brought aboard Carpathia. [235] The figures show stark differences in the survival rates of the different classes aboard Titanic. Although only 3% of first-class ...