Name |
Lifeboat from Titanic |
Lifeboat to Carpathia |
Confidence Level |
Watt, Mrs Elizabeth Inglis | 9 | 9 | 5.00 |
Watt, Miss Robertha Josephine | 9 | 9 | 5.00 |
1914 account by Robertha, On Board RMS Titanic, page 422: “On reaching the top deck we met some friends, who told us that the eight firstclass boats had gone off. The port side of the ship was very crowded, so we went around to the starboard side, and there we heard a call, 'All women and children this way.- We went and got into boat No. 9, which was the tenth to leave. There was a gentleman friend of ours who came into the boat with us, but was immediately put out, and we were then lowered with only about forty-five people in the boat, which would have help ninety people, and yet we could not wait to take another man in, as they feared the steerage passenger men might charge the boats. We had neither compass, light, matches, nor water and were out quite a long time before we could find the rudder.” From The Titanic Commutator, Vol. 2 No. 21, Spring 1979: "We were told to get into a lifeboat (it was No.9)." The Spectator, April 1914: "The port side of the ship was very crowded, so we went round the starboard side, and there we heard a call, “All women and children this way.” We went and got into boat No.9, which was the tenth to leave." From a 1963 letter from Bertha to Walter Lord: "One boat went down ahead of us. Then he loaded in to the next, no order some people in first seemed to be sitting with feet up on seats while some of us stood all night. When we women folk got in we all said to the men, "come on there's plenty room" but the officer in charge of boarding said "women and children first." We waited a few minutes and more came so we were let down, all thought we stop at another deck and pick up some more women, but no we didn't and I'll never forget the sight of these 3 or 4 men standing looking over the side. One other boat was loading as we left and the one that was hanging that was the last. Our boat was in charge of a fine old Irish seaman who did his best to keep folk in line and he told us we were almost the last boat off. Shortly after leaving we heard shots, were told that these were fired to make the men come out of that boat. By the time we got out just a little way the Titanic was really going down by the nose, so Paddy, as we called him, said row for all your worth or we would be drawn down by the suction. Two stewards were rowing but didn't look too experienced. Paddy asked others to help." Seaman George "Paddy" McGough has been shown to be in #9. |