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Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment 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 ...
Joseph's daughter, Louise Laroche (2 July 1910 – 28 January 1998) was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic. LaRoche , a three-act opera by Atlanta composer Sharon J. Willis, is based on his life and was part of the 2003 National Black Arts Festival , premiering at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center on July 18 of ...
As was the case with many of Titanic ' s immigrant widows, Ettie Dean surrendered any notion of remaining in the United States once it was clear her husband had not been saved. In the 2000 PBS documentary Lost Liners , in giving her account of the disaster, Millvina described the state her mother was in during the aftermath of the disaster:
A search is underway for five people who made a submarine expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank 111 years ago while crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.
Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field to look for survivors.
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
Whilst working as a stoker, Priest survived four ship sinkings and two major collisions, most of them during World War I. The ships in question were RMS Asturias (collision on her maiden voyage, 1908), RMS Olympic (collision with HMS Hawke , 1911), RMS Titanic (sunk by an iceberg, 1912), HMS Alcantara ( sunk in combat with SMS Greif , 1916 ...
Rare Photos of the Interior of the Titanic United Archives - Getty Images. ... that serviced the ship's first-class passengers. The stairs boasted intricate wood carvings, an ornate clock, wrought ...