the last remaining survivor of the titanic died in charles joughin.
the last remaining survivor of the titanic died in charles joughin.
when did the last remaining survivor of the titanic die?
charles joughin
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boat 10 was launched at about 1:50 a.m. with able seaman edward buley in charge. it appears to have had about 35 people aboard when it was launched. by this time "titanic" was listing to port, making it increasingly difficult to launch lifeboats from that side of the ship, as the ship's list had created a gap of about between the deck and the sides of the port-side lifeboats. an attempt to board by a young french woman nearly ended in disaster when her jump into the lifeboat fell short and she dropped into the gap. she caught the gunwale of the lifeboat while her feet found the railings on the deck below, and she was pulled back on board the ship. she made it into the lifeboat safely on her second attempt. "titanic" was clearly not far from sinking and this realisation led to an increased urgency to load the lifeboat; children were rushed aboard, one baby literally being thrown in and caught by a female passenger. a male passenger, whom lowe later described as a "crazed italian", rushed to the rail as the boat was being lowered and jumped in. neshan krekorian, an armenian passenger from third class, is said to have jumped into boat 10 as it was being lowered. among the people on boat 10 was the youngest "titanic" passenger, nine-week-old millvina dean, who was also the last remaining survivor. she accompanied her mother, mrs. etta dean, and her older brother bertram. two of those aboard were later transferred to another lifeboat, and it had 55 aboard when it met "carpathia" a few hours later. it was the second to last lifeboat to be picked up, at 8:00 a.m.
lifeboats of the rms titanic