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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 ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Violet served as a nurse with the British Red Cross during World War One and was on-board the Britannic when that vessel was sunk in the Aegean in 1916. Violet attributed her rescue from the sinking of the Britannic to her thick auburn hair: ''I leapt into the water but was sucked under the ship's keel which struck my head.
After the war, Violet went back to work for White Star. Thankfully, her career following the sinking of Titanic and Britannic was blissfully uneventful. Violet also had stints working for the Red Star Line and the Royal Mail Line before retiring to a little cottage in Suffolk.
Sep 4, 2023 · Four years later, amid the First World War, the HMHS Britannic, younger sibling to Titanic and Olympic, had been converted into a hospital ship. Now, Violet served aboard as a nurse. This ship suffered a catastrophic explosion while operating in the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916.
Sep 15, 2017 · Yet again, despite witnessing the tragedy of the Titanic and spending the night in a freezing lifeboat, Violet Jessop continued to serve as a stewardess. In 1916, during World War I, the White Star Line converted some of their ships into hospitals.
Apr 13, 2017 · Violet Jessop found her way into one of those lifeboats and was nearly killed when a piece of the ship’s propeller hit her in the head. She suffered a head injury but still managed to survive her third maritime disaster.
Mar 13, 2023 · On the morning of November 21, 1916, the British ocean liner Britannic —then outfitted as a hospital ship during World War I—was cruising the Aegean Sea on its way to the bloody battlefield of...
