Name
Lifeboat from Titanic
Lifeboat to Carpathia
Confidence Level
Stanley, Miss Amy Zillah Elsie
13 (8 votes)
15 (1 vote)
13 (8 votes)
15 (1 voteh)
2.94
2.50

 


 
The Oxford Times, May 18, 1912 (reprinted in On Board RMS Titanic, page 402):
    "I shared a cabin with an American lady and child. I assisted them to dress, and then we went up on deck. We tried to reach the boats. Then I saw two fellows (whom we met at meals, the only men we made real friends of) coming towards us, who assisted us over the railings into the lifeboat. As we were being lowered a man about 16 stone jumped into the boat almost on top of me. I heard a pistol fired - I believe it was done to frighten the men from rushing the boat. This man's excuse was that he came because of his baby. When we rowed off the child must have died had I not attended to it."

Private letter courtesy of Sotheby Auctions, full text found on Encyclopedia Titanica:
    "I went to the sailors and two of them caught hold of me and simply threw me to some sailors who caught me in the lifeboat. It was No.15. The next thing was to cut her adrift but that was more easily said than done for it was fastened by a steel lash and the men were some time before they could manage it while No.16 [sic] was hanging over us, waiting for us to go, and the shouts of officers ordering the men back. I heard shots but the cries of "Keep back!" were awful. As it was, a man managed to jump from the deck into our boat. He landed next to me and my shoulder got bruised through him."

Discussions were first based on her Oxford Times account. The gunshots possibly pointed to a forward boat where many third class found seats in boats. Then her private letter being sold by Sotheby's became available and she said a boat was hanging over hers so that ruled out several boats such as Collapsible C. Even though she said she was in #15, her phrasing of the boat "hanging" over hers might have meant she was in #13, and we split our votes as to which boat she was in.