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Youngest passenger aboard and last remaining survivor of the RMS Titanic Eliza Gladys Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009), known as Millvina Dean , was a British civil servant, cartographer , and the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912. [ 1 ]
Lillian Gertrud Asplund (October 21, 1906 – May 6, 2006) was an American secretarial worker who was one of the last three living survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, and the last living survivor with memories of the disaster. [1]
Titanic lifeboat D, taken from the Carpathia Titanic survivors on board Carpathia. The first lifeboat launched was Lifeboat 7 on the starboard side with 28 people on board out of a capacity of 65. It was lowered around 12:45 am as believed by the British Inquiry. [53] Collapsible Boat D was the last lifeboat to be launched, at 1:55.
The history of the ship, its passengers and wreckage has fascinated society for years from survivor interviews and documentaries to the Academy Award-winning 1997 film “Titanic,” directed by ...
She was joined by fellow Titanic survivor Millvina Dean. [7] That same year, Louise was present as the Titanic Historical Society dedicated a stone marker in Cherbourg commemorating Titanic passengers who sailed from its port. [8] Louise Laroche died on 28 January 1998 at the age of 87. At the time of her death only six Titanic survivors remained.
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 ...
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Richard Norris Williams II (January 29, 1891 – June 2, 1968), generally known as R. Norris Williams, was an American tennis player and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. He survived the sinking of the Titanic. [3] He won the U.S. National Tennis Championships in men's singles in 1914 and 1916. He was ranked the U.S. No. 1 player for 1916 by the ...