In my re-blog of November 21 – Roll of Honour — Remembrance NI, one of the survivors was Violet Jessop. She isn’t mentioned in the original post – https://remembranceni.org/2019/11/21/november-21-roll-of-honour/. However, she has an interesting past – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Jessop and link to all three of the Olympic-class ocean liners – Olympic (1911), Titanic (1912), and Britannic (1915). She was on each ship when they had a crash. The first crash was not fatal to the Olympic. Her voyages on the other two liners included when both ships sank. She survived all three incidents. She died in 1971 – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6826130/violet-constance-jessop.
Here’s a short YouTube video – Titanic Survivor Violet Jessop- Titanic Survivor Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERDHDAR3ZsU (about 3:51 minutes long).
Wow sometimes the coincidences in history is amazing
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Yes they can be. Imagine you’re the captain of the last ship. You might go with the theory that third time the charm in which case you allow her on board. If you went with the theory that she’s cursed you might not allow her on.
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It’s incredible that one starts wondering!
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Sailors often tend to be a superstitious lot although the differences between crews can go both ways. Some would allow her on board as they figure she’s a ward against their ship getting sunk. Others would think it’s a bad omen to allow her on board.
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That’s interesting of how there’s two polar ways of looking at it
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Yes. I haven’t studied much on sailors and superstitions, but have seen many crews who are polar opposites.
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I can imagine that…though I don’t know much sailors except the “Green side” Navy working with the Marines
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