Life Of Violet Jessop: stewardess survives Titanic and Britannic; keeps sailing for decades
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Her work brought her into contact with the rapidly expanding transatlantic shipping industry, where ocean liners were increasingly associated with luxury, speed and international…
Violet Jessop's life at sea was marked by three disasters involving some of the most famous ships in maritime history. The Argentine-born stewardess survived the 1911 collision involving the RMS Olympic, the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and the loss of the HMHS Britannic during World War I in 1916. Her remarkable experiences earned her the nickname 'Miss Unsinkable'. According to her memoir Titanic Survivor, published with biographer John Maxtone-Graham, and historical accounts from Biography dot com and Encyclopedia Titanica, Jessop was not merely a passenger caught up in these events.
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