Name
Lifeboat from Titanic
Lifeboat to Carpathia
Confidence Level
Stap, Miss Sarah Agnes 11 11 3.81

 


Birkenhead News, May 4th 1912:
     "Did you see Mr. Ismay at all?"
     "Oh yes, he was on deck in his pyjamas and a coat, vainly endeavouring to get the passengers into the boats. They (the crew) had the utmost difficulty in trying to persuade the people to get into the boats. I think it is most unfair the stories that have been circulated about Mr.Ismay. He worked might and main all the time, and I did not think he actually realised that the ship was sinking.
     "I was helped into the last boat but one and had charge of a baby, whose father and mother were lost. There were no less that 72 or 77 persons in our boat and I nursed the little mite for several hours. Although the night was starry, it was bitterly cold and everyone was nearly starved."

Mr Ismay was known to work alongside members of the crew at many of the boats on the starboard side.

Lifeboat 11 was one of the most heavily laden boats, with some witnesses claiming to have held more than 70 people. This matches Miss Stap’s estimate, but does not conclusively prove her presence in that boat. Starboard boats 13 and 15 were also known to carry large numbers of people.