Lifeboat 9

Lifeboat 9
Type	Standard
Location on deck	Starboard aft
Time when launched from Titanic	1:28 A.M.
Launched by officers	Murdoch, Moody
Capacity	65
Estimated occupancy at launch	70
Estimated occupancy at rescue	70
Previous lifeboat launched	12
Next lifeboat launched	11

Lifeboat 9 was the fifth boat to be lowered from the starboard side. Chief Purser McElroy, First Officer Murdoch and Sixth Officer Moody seem to have supervised the loading of this boat together. Boats 1, 3, 5, and 7 held mostly passengers from First Class besides the crew. In boat 9, the situation changed. Mrs. Futrelle had been separated from her husband a bit earlier on in the night and had ended up near No. 9 into which she stepped. She believed there were about 30 people in it, including 17 crewmen; she thought they were stewards and cooks.

Mrs. Aubert and her maid also entered the boat and apparently, Mrs. Aubert was in somewhat of a state during the whole rescue operation. Some ladies from Second Class were assisted into the boat by the six or so stewards that Purser McElroy had ordered into the boat to help passengers. When no more ladies were to be found in the vicinity, some men passengers were let in.

Edward Beane had helped his wife into the ninth boat, and seeing there was room, he joined her in the boat. In a long interview in the Syracuse Herald, he said the boat was only half-filled and that he had had to jump into the sea and swim for a long time to reach it. Yet, this was not so, since boat 9 picked up nobody from the sea. He and a few other gentlemen simply entered the boat from the deck. In all, there seem to have been over 40 people in it; twelve ladies, six or seven male passengers as well as perhaps 18 male crew members.

Lifeboat 9 and 11 start to rowed away from the ship while Lifeboat 13 being launched, as seen in the 1997 film

0ccupants

• Albert Haines ------------------------Boatswain's Mate (in charge)
• Walter Wynne ------------------------ Quartermaster
• J. (Paddy) McGough------------------ Able Seaman
• W.C. Peters -------------------------- Able Seaman
• George Kemish ----------------------- Fireman
• Allen Marden Baggott ---------------- First Class Saloon Steward
• William Ward ------------------------- First Class Saloon Steward
• George Lefever* --------------------- First Class Saloon Steward
• Alan Franklin* ----------------------- Second Class Steward
• James G. Widgery -------------------- Second Class Bedroom Steward
• Léontine Pauline Aubart -------------- First Class Passenger
• May Futrelle -------------------------- First Class Passenger
• Elizabeth Lindsey Lines --------------- First Class Passenger
• Mary Connover Lines ------------------First Class Passenger
• Emma Sägesser --------------------- First Class Passenger
• Kate Buss --------------------------- Second Class Passenger
• Sidney Clarence Stuart Collett --------Second Class Passenger
• Mrs. Jane Herman* ------------------ Second Class Passenger
• Miss Alice Herman* ------------------ Second Class Passenger
• Miss Kate Herman* ------------------Second Class Passenger
• Julián Padrón Manent* --------------- Second Class Passenger
• Miss Ellen Toomey* ------------------Second Class Passenger
• Mrs. Jessie L. Trant/Troutt* -----------Second Class Passenger
• Roberta Josephine Watt* -------------Second Class Passenger
• Mrs. Bessie Watt* --------------------Second Class Passenger
• Mr. Charles E. Wilhelms* --------------Second Class Passenger
• Miss Marian Wright ------------------Second Class Passenger

_{* = not certain}

Popular culture

2012 Miniseries Titanic

Lifeboat 9 and Lifeboat 13 being loaded on A Deck, as seen in the 2012 Miniseries Titanic

The loading of lifeboat 9 was seen briefly in the 2012 Miniseries. Boats 9 and 13 are shown being loaded on the A deck by First Officer Murdoch, while boats 11 and 15 were already gone.

This was a mistake, because the starboard aft boats were launched consecutively; 9-11-13-15, and boat 9 was never being loaded on A deck. It should be noticed that there is a barrier on davit of boat 9, which obviously shouldn't be there. The barrier was only located on the davit of 1 and 2.

Sources

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