Name |
Lifeboat from Titanic |
Lifeboat to Carpathia |
Confidence Level |
Silvén, Miss Lyyli Karoliina | 12 | 12 | 4.72 |
In Nya Preesen, May 10th 1912, it was reported, “In the boat that Miss Silvén ended up, there were 50-60 passengers. The last sight she saw was some gentlemen among the first class passengers, who fetched some basket chairs, which they placed on the aft deck, after which they began to calmly talk, while the bow fell. Finally the long ropes of each other were connected, and the boat was lowered. According to Miss Silvén's calculation, they had been afloat about a half hour, when Titanic's stern suddenly rose and the colossus dropped, while the thousands of lights were all still shining. The whole song from the Titanic was heard in a horrible noise, screaming and shouting, voices merged to a single horrific call, accompanied by gunfire. Afterwards, having come up with a piece from the ship, the people heard horrific emergency calls from a dark mass in the sea. It was a boat with only men, and was sinking. The men had rescued themselves on the keel and stood still clinging to each other and shouting for help. Although the boat which Miss Silvén was in was already full, it rowed to the distressed and salvaged them all. The boat was now full, It was close to sinking at every movement, and one tried to keep the lifeboats near each other.” This account could only point to two boats, the ones that rescued the people on the overturned Collapsible B - either #4 or #12. Being that #4 had around 8 people picked up from the water, and that several people died aboard her, which she did not mention, we feel that #12 is far more likely. However, since we could not be 100% positive, we gave only a high probability of Miss Silvén being in #12. |