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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 the RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship the HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been onboard the eldest of the three sister ships, the ...
- Maritime stewardess, nurse
- 2 October 1887, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- 5 May 1971 (aged 83), Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England
- Brigit Katz
- Violet Jessop worked at sea to support her family. Jessop was born in 1887, the eldest child of an Irish couple living in Argentina. Her early years were marked by hardship.
- She was on board the RMS 'Olympic' when it crashed into another ship. In the early 20th century, hoping to gain an edge in the competitive transatlantic passenger industry, the White Star Line launched three ships offering unprecedented luxuries to wealthy passengers: the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic.
- She had some salty opinions about the 'Titanic'’s upper-class passengers. Among the notable guests Jessop encountered during her service on the Titanic were American financier John Jacob Astor IV and his pregnant wife, Madeleine Force Astor.
- After the 'Titanic'’s collision with an iceberg, Violet Jessop tried to assure passengers that all was well. When she heard the “awful grinding crash” of the collision, Jessop dressed quickly and sped to the section of the ship to which she had been assigned.
Violet Jessop was a stewardess on the Titanic and the Britannic, and survived both disasters. She was a devout Catholic, a nurse, and a writer of memoirs.
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Violet Jessop was a stewardess who survived the Titanic, the Olympic and the Britannic, three of the White Star Line's 'Olympic-class' ocean liners. She also worked as a nurse during World War I and retired to Suffolk in 1971.
Sep 15, 2017 · Violet Jessop was a stewardess who witnessed and survived the Titanic, Olympic, and Britannic disasters. Learn about her life, career, and how she became known as \"Miss Unsinkable\" in this article.
Mar 13, 2023 · Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, Britannic and Olympic disasters as a nurse and stewardess. Learn about her remarkable life, faith and career at sea.
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Sep 4, 2023 · By Jack Fleischer. September 4th, 2023. Violet Jessop, circa 1916. Credit: Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain. If you know of the Titanic, you’ve probably heard of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a famous socialite who survived. But did you know she survived only one disaster?
