Name
Lifeboat from Titanic
Lifeboat to Carpathia
Confidence Level
Johansson, Mr Oskar Larder 10 no trans (4 votes)
? (4 votes)
10 no trans (4 votes)
? (4 votes)
3.13
1.00

 


Oskar Hedman account, Svenska Amerikanska Posten, May 1, 1912:
    "I went to the railing and saw that the last lifeboat was leaving. Then I jumped overboard, and when I got up, I grabbed hold of the boat's edge and asked for help. I remained in a very exhausted state, tipped aboard the lifeboat. I never thought I would be saved. After being in the boat for half an hour, I took my seat at the oars. We rode around the sinking ship. Oscar Johanson, who was going to Milwaukee, also got busy in our boat, which contained over 50 people. A woman helped at the oars..."

Svenska Amerikanska Posten, May 1st 1912.  Hedman account:
    "Oscar Johanson, who was going to Milwaukee, also got busy in our boat, which contained over 50 people. A woman helped at the oars."   (
We've determined that Hedman was possibly in #10, though we cannot be sure.)

Johansson told the Yonkers Herald that he jumped into the water and swam to a lifeboat. A crewman beat his fingers with an oar to get him to let go of the side. A Swedish girl tossed him one end of her shawl and he clung to that until the Carpathia arrived. Deprived of the shawl, the girl died of exposure in the lifeboat while he survived five hours in the water.

We are not in agreement whether Johansson was in lifeboat #10, or an unknown boat.