Violet Jessop was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse who achieved accidental fame by surviving three major maritime disasters involving the White Star Line sister ships. Born in Argentina to Irish parents, Jessop started working at sea in 1908 to support her family.
In September 1911, Jessop was aboard the RMS Olympic when it collided with the British warship HMS Hawke near Southampton. The collision caused massive structural damage, but the ship managed to limp back to port without any loss of life.
Seven months later, in April 1912, she boarded the RMS Titanic as a stewardess. When the ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank into the freezing Atlantic, Jessop was ordered onto lifeboat sixteen while holding an infant until they were rescued by the Carpathia.
During World War One, Jessop volunteered as a nurse on the HMHS Britannic. In November 1916, the hospital ship hit a naval mine in the Aegean Sea and sank in fifty five minutes. Jessop leaped into the water and suffered a severe skull fracture from the ship's propellers, yet survived again. She lived to the age of eighty three.
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