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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 · Stewardess Violet Jessop survived both the sinking of the Titanic and that of her sister ship the Britannic in 1916.
Sep 15, 2017 · The Britannic sank in 57 minutes, killing 30 people and nearly taking Jessop’s life as well. As the ship sank, the propellers were still spinning and began sucking lifeboats under them. Jessop jumped out of her lifeboat to safety but received a traumatic head injury in the process.
Here are seven remarkable facts about the “unsinkable” Violet Jessop. 1. Violet Jessop worked at sea to support her family. Jessop was born in 1887, the eldest child of an Irish couple...
Sep 4, 2023 · Stewardess Violet Jessop was onboard and survived the shipwrecks of the Titanic, the Olympic, and the Britannic!
Sep 27, 2019 · This is the story of Violet Jessop, an Irish woman who survived not one, not two, but three of the most catastrophic ship disasters of the 20th century.
From stewardess to nurse, Violet was witness to three of maritime history's most noted mishaps and thanks to her memoirs, we can gain unique insight into the lady, the life and the happenings on...
