Lifeboat 10

Lifeboat 10
Port lifeboats of the Titanic
Type	Standard
Location on deck	Port aft
Time when launched from Titanic	1:45 A.M.
Launched by officers	Wilde
Capacity	65
Estimated occupancy at launch	40
Estimated occupancy at rescue	40
Previous lifeboat launched	15
Next lifeboat launched	C

Lifeboat 10 was the seventh boat to be lowered from the port side at 1:45 A.M. Chief Baker Joughin was near this boat and said that he more or less threw people into it. A woman nearly fell into the sea when trying to board the lifeboat, this may have been Mrs. Elin Hakkarainen, from Third Class.

"One of the officers pointed at me saying: "Room for one more lady! Come on, hurry! As I stepped into the boat, it was already moving downward and I lost my balance, almost falling between the lifeboat and ship until someone in the lifeboat grabbed my arm and pulled me into a seat. On the way down we stopped at a lower deck and picked up one more lady. Our lifeboat did not return to the spot where the Titanic went down. Our lifeboat reached the Carpathia at 7.30 A.M. We were one of the last boats to be picked up. I finally located Anna Sjöblom, who had knocked on my cabin door to awaken me. We had become separated in the rush to the upper deck and had entered separate lifeboats."

The youngest survivor, Millvina Dean, was in this boat together with her mother and brother. Her brother was taken care of by Mrs. Florence Thorneycroft who was with them. There were perhaps seven or eight ladies from First Class, possibly 15 or more Second Class passengers, including Mr. Hosono, who jumped into it at the last moment and possibly ten or twelve Third Class passengers apart from the four crew in it; a total of perhaps 40 people. When they encountered lifeboat 14 and other boats, the two able seamen, Frank Evans and Edward Buley were transferred to No. 14. On the other hand, ten or twelve others were transferred into the boat from No. 14 and No. 10 arrived at the Carpathia with 50 or so, the last boat but one to be rescued.

Based on a lifeboat summary by Peter Engberg

Occupants

Lifeboat 10, 12 and 14 being loaded, as seen in A Night to Remember (1958)

• Edward John Buley ---------------- Able Seaman (in charge)
• Frank Oliver Evans ----------------- Able Seaman
• C. Rice ----------------------------Fireman
• William Burke ---------------------- First Class 2nd Saloon Steward
• Cornelia Theodosia Andrews --------First Class Passenger
• Ethel Flora Fortune* (3?) ------------First Class Passenger
• Mabel Helen Fortune* (3?) ----------First Class Passenger
• Mary Fortune* (3?) ------------------First Class Passenger
• Alice Elizabeth Fortune* (3?) --------First Class Passenger
• Anna Louisa Hogeboom -------------First Class Passenger
• Gretchen Fiske Longley --- ----------First Class Passenger
• Mary Graham Carmichael Marvin -----First Class Passenger
• Hannah Abelson --------------------Second Class Passenger
• Antoinine Mallet -------------------- Second Class Passenger
• André Clement Mallet --------------- Second Class Passenger
• Annie Hold -------------------------Second Class Passenger
• Masabumi Hosono* (13?) ----------- Second Class Passenger
• Barbara Joyce West ----------------Second Class Passenger
• Selma Asplund --------------------- Third Class Passenger
• Lillian Gertrud Asplund‏ --------------Third Class Passenger
• Edvin Rojj Felix Asplund ------------- Third Class Passenger
• Elizabeth Gladys 'Millvina' Dean ------Third Class Passenger
• Bertram Vere Dean* ----------------Third Class Passenger
• Millvina Dean -----------------------Third Class Passenger
• Oskar Arvid Hedman* (15?) - -------- Third Class Passenger
• Florence Kate Thorneycroft *(12?) -- -Third Class Passenger

Transferred from lifeboat 14

• Clear Cameron --------------------------Second Class Passenger
• Ellen Wallcroft -------------------------- Second Class Passenger

_{* = not certain}

Popular culture

A Night to Remember (1958)

Lifeboat 10 being loaded, as seen in A Night to Remember (1958)

In A Night To Remember, lifeboat 10 is incorrectly shown as the first lifeboat launched from the port side, and the first lifeboat launched overall.

When Sixth Officer James Moody attempted to load the lifeboat with women, most of them were still reluctant to get into the lifeboat. A woman refusing to get into the lifeboat yelled at Moody: "And catch my death of cold? Certainly not!". Second Class passenger Edith Eileen Brown then agreed to take her seat in the lifeboat.

Chief Baker Charles Joughin was initially assigned to take command of the lifeboat, but he gave up his seat to a woman so she could be with her daughter.

When Lightoller is starting to launch the boat, Bruce Ismay approaches demanding that the boats be lowered quickly. In reality, this scene took place with Fifth Officer Harold Lowe during the lowering of boat 5.

Titanic (1996 Miniseries)

Lifeboat 10 is the one that Jamie Perse accidentally falls into, which saves his life. He is helping people onboard before his drop and is fighting to get back onboard Titanic because he wants to go back to the Jack Family who presumably was still behind the locked gates, but he is calmed by fellow occupants and oozes away in unconsciousness.

Titanic (1997)

Lifeboat 10 (far left) being launched, as seen in the 1997 film Titanic

In Titanic (1997 Film), instead of being the sixth lifeboat to be launched on the port side as is the case in real life, in this film, lifeboat 10 is the third.

After the Titanic sank, Fifth Officer Harold Lowe gathered several lifeboats including boat 10, and transferred some of the passengers from his lifeboat to boat 10.

Sources

1. _{'Titanic' ©1996 (second print, 1998) Edward P. De Groot}