Perhaps the name of this woman would not have survived in history if not for her phenomenal ability to survive in the most terrible disasters. Misfortunes haunted her since childhood, but by some miracle she managed to find a way out of the most difficult situations. Violet Constance Jessop has worked on the three most famous ocean liners - the Olympic, Titanic and Britannica. Each of them crashed, but Violet survived.
Violet Constance Jessop worked on passenger liners
Doctors predicted Violet's death in early childhood. Then she fell ill with tuberculosis, from which a large number of people died at that time. But the girl not only survived, but also completely recovered from the terrible disease. She could not finish school, because due to the death of her father and illness of her mother, she was forced to look for work. She chose the same profession as her mother - took a job as a flight attendant on the ships of the White Star Line company, which carried out transatlantic flights.
Olympic first time in New York on June 22, 1911
Olympic and Hawk after collision
In 1910, 23-year-old Violette found herself aboard the huge liner Olympic, the first of three vessels of its class in the White Star Line campaign. A year later, the bulky "Olympic" collided with the cruiser "Hawk" as a result of unsuccessful maneuvering. The 14-meter hole was above the waterline and the vessel remained afloat. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the collision, but the liner suffered serious damage.
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The Titanic leaves Southampton on its maiden and final voyage, April 10, 1912.
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Wreck of the Titanic
Violet continued to work at the Olympic after the ship was repaired, but then a new liner was built and she was offered to transfer to it. So Violet set off on the first and last voyage on the Titanic. On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the liner collided with an iceberg. The whole world soon learned about the consequences of this catastrophe - out of 2224 people, only 711 managed to escape. Among them was Violette, who got a place in boat # 16. When she was getting into the boat, a man asked her to take care of his child. With the baby in her arms two hours later, the girl boarded the Carpathia, the first to arrive at the shipwreck site.
Violet Constance Jessop
During World War I, Violette worked as a nurse for the British Red Cross. In this capacity, she embarked on a voyage aboard the hospital ship Britannic, the last and largest of the three ocean liners. In November 1916, the ship was blown up by a mine, during the evacuation, two boats were pulled under the working screws of the sinking ship. In one of them was Violet, who again miraculously managed to survive.
Titanic underwater
Titanic underwater
Violet lived a long life and died of heart failure at the age of 83. She worked on passenger ships for 42 years, made 2 round-the-world voyages and survived many of the victims of the Titanic and Britannica crashes.
Three ocean liners - Olympic, Titanic and Britannic
Titanic