Violet Jessop was stewardess and nurse employed by the white star line. She was present at, and survived, the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic, titanic sister ship. Thus she was the only person to be present at sinking of both the largest passenger ship lost in peacetime, the titanic,, and the sinking of the largest passenger ship lost in time of war, the Britannic.
Titanic and Britannic had a third, luckier sister ship, the Olympic. Olympic didn’t sink, but she was involved in a serious accident when she was accidentally rammed by a Royal Navy Cruiser. Yes, Violet Jessop was aboard the Olympic at the time of that accident as well.
When the titanic sank, Violet Jessop was ordered into Lifeboat 16, and given an baby to keep safe. When life boat 16 was rescued, an unknown woman grabbed the baby from her arms and ran off crying. Violet Jessop assumed the woman was the baby’s mother but never found out who the baby or woman were. 42 years later, after she had retired “to be as far away from the sea as possible”, she received a phone call in the middle of the night, inquiring if she was the Violet Jessop of white star line who had saved a baby. She replied that she was. The person on the other end laughed, said she was that baby, and hung up. When violet Jessop recounted this story to her biographer, her biographer suggested it might be children in her neighborhood playing a prank. Violet replied she had never told the tail of the baby she rescued to anyone before,
Titanic and Britannic had a third, luckier sister ship, the Olympic. Olympic didn’t sink, but she was involved in a serious accident when she was accidentally rammed by a Royal Navy Cruiser. Yes, Violet Jessop was aboard the Olympic at the time of that accident as well.
When the titanic sank, Violet Jessop was ordered into Lifeboat 16, and given an baby to keep safe. When life boat 16 was rescued, an unknown woman grabbed the baby from her arms and ran off crying. Violet Jessop assumed the woman was the baby’s mother but never found out who the baby or woman were. 42 years later, after she had retired “to be as far away from the sea as possible”, she received a phone call in the middle of the night, inquiring if she was the Violet Jessop of white star line who had saved a baby. She replied that she was. The person on the other end laughed, said she was that baby, and hung up. When violet Jessop recounted this story to her biographer, her biographer suggested it might be children in her neighborhood playing a prank. Violet replied she had never told the tail of the baby she rescued to anyone before,
