This unstoppable nurse survived 3 shipwrecks (including the Titanic!)

3/23/2021

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History Story: This unstoppable nurse survived 3 shipwrecks (including the Titanic!)

Have you ever wondered what your superpower is? For Violet Jessop, it might just be surviving shipwrecks... Read on if you want to know more.

Violet Jessop, a nurse from Argentina, has survived three shipwrecks, including the famous Titanic. Let’s take a closer look at how she miraculously pulled these off.

#1 The RMS Olympic collided with another ship on her first day at work

Jessop started her career as a steward when she was 23. She followed her mother's footsteps into the stewarding business and began her sailing career at the White Star Line, more specifically the RMS Olympic.

Jessop had earlier been hesitant about joining the Olympic due to bad weather conditions. She finally overcame that fear and on September 20th, 1910, she went on her first trip with the Olympic.

On that trip, the RMS Olympic collided with the RMS Hawke. Fortunately, there were no casualties, and both ships were able to get to their ports safely.

#2 Jessop rescued a baby in the wreck of history's most famous ship

After the Olympic disaster, Jessop had to join a new ship. This time around she was unexcited about joining. After a lot of persuasion from her friends, she finally joined the ship, and it was... the Titanic.

After five days of sailing, the ship sunk. Violet was lying in bed when it happened. When the ship hit the iceberg, Jessop immediately rushed to the deck and helped women and children into lifeboats.

She saved a lost baby and got into a lifeboat where she was saved after staying in the middle of the sea for eight hours.

#3 Her skull was fractured while escaping the explosion of the HMHS Britannic

After the Titanic's wreck, Jessop started working as a nurse for the British Red Cross. She worked on the HMHS Britannic which was turned into a hospital.

The ship was roaming the Aegean sea when the explosion occurred. She jumped into the water when the explosion happened in an attempt to escape but was sucked under the ship's keel which hit her head.

Decades later, she visited a doctor to complain about a recurring headache; she discovered that her skull was fractured in the process of escaping.

#4 The rescued baby called Jessop years after she retired

Years after these wrecks, Jessop kept boarding large ships and retired at age 63. One day, she got a call from an unknown person, who asked if she was the one who saved a baby in the Titanic disaster. It was surprising to her because she had not even told anyone about the story.

When Violet confirmed it was her, the person quickly replied that they were the baby she saved... and immediately hung up.

Violet Jessop was a real-life superhero, and it is a big deal that she kept working on ships after surviving wrecks like that, because, honestly, if I survived the Titanic, I might never board ANY ship again.

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13 Comments

Gary Chadwick

Interesting Story. Sailors are very superstitious, it's a wonder they let her on board a ship again. Wonder why the person hung up? Wonder if they contacted her again.

Raymond Cardona

Nice story about a brave and amazing lady. She certainly had her guardian angel watch over her Bonnie

Barbara McAdams

I don't think I would have got into a bath tub let alone another ship after the titanic. Truly amazing!

Ilias Tsiabardas

Very interesting Story ,Very Courageous Lady She was After all those Ship wrecks to Continue working on that Field!!!! Thanks for sharing

David Colloby

She was extremely fortunate with sailing disasters But if I was booked on the same ship as her I'd disembark.

Carol Moore

I’ll never get on a ship if she’s on it. 🤣

lmoores

That woman was bad luck!!

Caroline Weis

I think Violet had the luck of the Irish on her side to survive those wrecks. I think if were I, I'd be leery of boarding another ship after the first one sunk but diffentlly after the Titanic wreck.

lmoores

She is unlucky. I would not want to get on a ship with her.

John Mullin

Lucky woman. There are many stories of ships sunk by enemy action where the crews went back to sea in order to keep these islands fed during WW2. Unsung heroes,you’ll never see them on Quizz Club.