survivor accounts

Hello everyone, today this post marks my 1000th post on this forum. It’s been a wild ride, that for the most part has been an adventure of a lifetime for me with positive experiences and a lot of new information, discussions and conclusions. Dedicated to this milestone I want to dedicate my...

It's just what the title says. I have compiled every account of Britannic's sinking I could find, including some I believe have not been published. It took a lot of searching through online newspaper archives to find those! My ultimate goal is to compile source material (from official documents...

I've read through the other forum posts in case someone else has already asked, but as far as I can tell, no one has. How can I find and read the entirety of Jack Thayer's original account of April 14th/15th? I know it comes from an original 1940 publication that was very limited, but surely...

Hello again! I have seen there were several memoirs and autobiographies written by titanic survivors. Could someone give me a list of passengers/crew who wrote/published memoirs that makes mention of their experience on the Titanic? Officer Lightoller, Mr. Archiebald Gracie, Violet Jessop are...

I’m reading the book Titanic: First Accounts. I really appreciate the accounts and the editor’s work in this book, but I was confused by one sentence. On page xiv of the intro, the editor writes the following: “Nevertheless, women and children accounted for only about 10% of the 1500 people who...

As the 110th anniversary of the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage approaches, a new book has been released which details why the ship was destined for disaster before she ever set sail for New York...

An interview with the Swedish Titanic survivors Agnes, Marguerite and Beatrice Sandström including English translation

Hi Y'all, Is there a good place to read primary accounts made by Lusitania survivors? Reading some of these previous threads, that the best accounts to read are ones made in 1915, soon after the disaster. Beyond that, accounts start to get muddled and contradict past accounts, so I've read...

Anna Sjblom maintained throughout her life that a woman had died in her boat and then her husband died of shock Mike Poirier examines the story...... Voyage Mon, 12 Apr 2021 https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/dissecting-titanic-accounts.html

Anna Sjblom maintained throughout her life that a woman had died in her boat and then her husband died of shock Mike Poirier examines the story...... Voyage Mon, 12 Apr 2021 http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/dissecting-titanic-accounts.html

A collage of Titanic-related illustrations and accounts.

Published a year after the Titanic went down, survivor Edith Rosenbaum Russell’s first extensive account of her experiences in the disaster is seldom read today. With an introduction by Randy Bigham, Encyclopedia Titanica makes Edith’s detailed and emotional story available online for the first...

It's one thing to read the accounts of the survivors in their own words. It's something special though when you are able to actually listen to them recalling what they saw and heard that night. How many survivors lived long enough to actually have their memories recorded on audio and/or...

Hey, I'm new to the forum and have joined because of a lingering question I have had lately and have not been able to find any information on. Question is: Why was the account of the breakup so different between survivors? For instance Lightoller adamantly claiming that the ship sank intact...

Hello to everyone, After looking at many records, including the Joseph/Peter (Katrin Yusuf) family from Lebanon and The Fatal Journey of Third Class Men on the Titanic which shows info that at least 9 Third Class women were in the forward section, I was wondering if there are accounts of...

I was wondering if anyone had any accounts of the disaster as related by Harry Anderson. I would like to stack his account with that of Mrs. Cassebeer, so see how similar or different they are. I know the authors of 'On A Sea of Glass', attribute an account (or several?) courtesy of Mike...

It is a human tendency to embellish a little and I suppose if any of us had been a survivor of the Titanic tragedy, the survivor statements would include a certain amount of self-glorification given the circumstances. But a few actual survivor accounts seem to stretch the edge of credibility and...

I am planning to purchase the book Titanic Voices by Donald Hyslop and all. I am trying to find accounts from the crewmembers who were rescued from the water. I have heard that the accounts of John Thompson, Isaac Maynard, Sidney Daniels, Ernest Allen, John O'Connor, Thomas Dillon, Harold...

I've been doing research for personal reasons on those said to have been rescued from the water, and came across the "plucked from the sea" page. It has been a great help to me. However, there are several passengers listed on that page or in other sources who I have been unable to find accounts...

Hello I am re-posting this as my topic's seem to be deleted or do not appear even though it says I am the last poster in a topic. I hope this is the correct part of the forum. I would be very grateful if someone could tell me what the best book is (if there is one)for Titanic survivor...