40 Interesting Photos Of The Titanic Survivors

We're all familiar with the story of the Titanic... At 11:39 p.m. on April 14, 1912, a young lookout named Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg. Titanic was headed straight for it. The Titanic collided, and two hours and 40 minutes later, the boat was swallowed by the ocean.

2,224 people were on board. Only 700 survived.

It's a tragedy that has stuck in our minds more than a century, but we're likely unfamiliar with the real faces of the people who survived it. In the images below, we see what the immediate aftermath of the tragedy looked like, from New York all the way to the UK.

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[ritacatalinich]

I never get tiered hearing about the History of The Titanic . It’s absolutely fascinating for me .

[d.dorough]

The 2 adorable babies never knew what all the fuss was about until later. What a shock! And an incredible story to tell their children.

[kaymuldoon]

Hard to believe that one guy survived the Titanic sinking and then TWO world wars, only to take his own life as an old man. So very sad.

[Steveps]

You have to admire the courage and professionalism of the crew of the RMS Carpathia who rescued the survivors of the Titanic

[deezimmo]

My relatives were supposed to take the Titanic but missed the boat by one day; they ended up on the sister ship and lived. I have a copy of the passenger manifest with their names listed.

[Jayhavens]

Thanks for the video ---- this video at 0:12 confirms what I had been thinking all my life that there was absolutely no need for all 1, 500 passengers to die on that sinking ship:

As I suspected, the Iceberg was more than just a 'berg' but an actual combination of 'IceBerg' within a flow or more correctly, a 'Shelf of Ice.'

As such, Smith should -- immediately upon learning that his ship was dommed and that the lifeboats would not hold all the passengers and that most all of the lifeboats were gone -- have IMMEDIATELY given orders to steer the Titanic DIRECTLY into the Ice Shelf at FULL SPEED, thereby allowing passengers - once she stopped after hitting the shelf -- the opportunity for survival on the ice shelf until Carpathis's arrival.

It was a glaring oversight and missed opportunity by Smith and one that cost 1, 500 people their lives...

[jenniferfulford]

I wouldn’t describe these photos shocking. They are historically interesting and significant.

[peterhaynes]

This was/is very very sad, R.I.P. All those who lost their lives.

[cacampbell]

Fabulous photos and wonderfully readable descriptions! I appreciate what you’ve done for us so much! Music was great too!

[lazylucy]

It was like going back in time . 🙏🏻 History recorded for generations to see. 🙏🏻

[aliyawaqar]

I couldn't watch it without shedding tears of sorrow even though it's a century old tragedy. 😢😢😢

[ChuckN]

Seeing there were so few survivors on a lifeboat made me so sad. This lifeboat could carry double number of peoples

[superjaded]

The feller who spotted the iceberg & went on to fight in both world wars probably suffered from ptsd & that’s why he was depressed & killed himself

[Basauri]

5:50 It's worth mentioning that the French brothers Michel and Edmond Navratil had been kidnapped by their father, a Slovakian citizen, after the marriage with their Italian born mother fell apart.

He intended to start a new life in America assuming a new identity - that's why all 3 were travelling under the false surname Hoffmann - and it's extremely likely that their mother would have never known whatever happened to them had the Titanic not sunk that night. Doesn't bear thinking.

As it turns out however, the Titanic sank and the father went down with it. When his body was recovered from the sea (body#15), it was found that he was carrying a revolver in his pocket. Because of his assumed surname, Hoffmann, he was buried in a cemetery assigned for Jewish victims.

The little kids on the other hand were mercifully rescued on the last lifeboat to be launched (collapsible D), and once in America, the authorities tried to find any relatives to look after them. They had the work cut out for them as the children didn't understand English (they only responded to French) and were far too young to know their own surname, let alone the names of other relatives, addresses, etc.

The sinking had made headlines all over the world and continued for some time; the photo of those poor French speaking orphans who couldn't find their family followed suit. One can only start to imagine how their poor mother back in France must have felt when she opened the newspaper and saw the portrait of her babies as survivors of the Titanic, no less. Thankfully she was able to reunite with them soon after.

I guess it's a small grace, among all the inimaginable horror and pain, that at least this tragedy allowed a mother to reunite with her kidnapped children.

[redcroftbearbear]

Great Video, *RIP to all lost that night* Thank you so much for all your editing and info attached, . Greatly appreciated, cheers for posting 👍🏼.

[ambreeniram]

Thanks for sharing these parts of history.

[miuvans]

The pictures that hit me most here are the ones from relatives waiting for their family 😢 in that moment caught they still didn’t know they love ones had perished

[trendywipp]

Interesting fact, the survivors stayed at the Jane Hotel. In 2008 they restored the hotel to the original state in 1912. It's kind of a cool place to stay when on a budget.

[heathermac]

The loss of human life was so avoidable this goes to show how the crew treated lower class people and this coast so many life's I can't imagine how chaotic and terrifying this would have been for all souls on board my heart goes out to all of you ❤️