"Miss Unsinkable" Violet Jessop - Owasinda Ekuphahlazekeni Kwemikhumbi ye-Titanic, Olympic kanye ne-Britannic

UViolet Constance Jessop wayengumphathi womhlengikazi wasolwandle ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, owaziwa ngokusinda ekushoneni okuyinhlekelele komkhumbi i-RMS Titanic kanye nodadewabo, iHMHS Britannic, ngo-1912 nango-1916 ngokulandelana.

Violet Jessop Miss Unsinkable — © Wikimedia Commons

Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayekade egibele i-RMS Olympic, owayengowokuqala kwemikhumbi engodade abathathu, ngenkathi ishayisana nomkhumbi wempi waseBrithani ngo-1911.

Okuqukethwe -

I. Impilo Yasekuqaleni KaViolet Jessop:

II. Owesifazane Ongacabangi uViolet Jessop:

II. I-RMS Olympic:

II.II I-RMS Titanic:

II.III. I-HMHS Britannic:

III. Ukufa kukaViolet Jessop:

Impilo Yasekuqaleni KaViolet Jessop:

UViolet Jessop wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 2, 1887, eBahía Blanca, e-Argentina. Wayeyindodakazi endala yabafuduki base-Ireland, uWilliam noKatherine Jessop. UViolet wasebenzisa isikhathi esiningi sobuntwana bakhe enakekela izingane zakubo. Wagula kakhulu eseyingane ephethwe yisifo sofuba, asinda kuso yize odokotela babebikezela ukuthi ukugula kwakhe kuzobulala.

Eminyakeni eyi-16, ubaba kaViolet ushone ngenxa yezinkinga ezivela ekuhlinzweni futhi umndeni wakhe wathuthela eNgilandi, lapho afunda khona esikoleni sezindela futhi wanakekela udadewabo omncane kunabo bonke, kanti umama wakhe wayengekho olwandle esebenza njengomphathi.

Lapho umama wakhe egula, uViolet wayeka isikole futhi, elandela ezinyathelweni zikanina, wafaka isicelo sokuba umphathi. UJessop bekufanele agqoke ukuze azenze angathandeki kangako ukuze aqashwe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-21 ubudala, isikhundla sakhe sokuqala sokuphatha sasiseRoyal Mail Line egibela i-Orinoco ngo-1908.

Owesifazane Ongacabangi uViolet Jessop:

Empilweni yakhe, uViolet Jessop usinde ngokuyisimangaliso izingozi eziningi zomlando zomkhumbi. Umcimbi ngamunye wamenza waduma kakhulu.

I-RMS Olympic:

Ngo-1910, uJessop waqala ukusebenza njengomphathi womkhumbi i-White Star, i-RMS Olympic. I-Olimpiki kwakuwumkhumbi kanokusho owawuyilineni elikhulu kunawo wonke lomphakathi ngaleso sikhathi.

"U-Miss ungenakucwiliswa" u-Violet Jessop - owasinda ekuphahlazekeni komkhumbi we-Titanic, Olympic kanye ne-Britannic 1 — I-RMS Olympic © Flickr

UViolet Jessop wayesemgodini ngo-20 Septhemba 1911, ngenkathi i-Olympic isuka eSouthampton futhi yashayisana nemikhumbi yempi yaseBrithani, uHMS Hawke. Azikho izigameko zokufa kwabantu futhi yize kukhona umonakalo, umkhumbi ukwazile ukubuyela ethekwini ungacwile. UJessop ukhethe ukungakhulumi ngalokhu kushayisana emibhalweni yakhe.

I-RMS Titanic:

Ngemuva kwalokho, uViolet wagibela i-RMS Titanic njengomphathi ngo-Ephreli 10, 1912, eneminyaka engama-24. Ezinsukwini ezine kamuva, ngo-Ephreli 14, iTitanic yashaya intaba yeqhwa eNorth Atlantic Ocean, lapho yacwila khona ngemuva kwamahora amabili kushayisene, ukwenza umlando ongenakulibaleka.

Usindile we-Violet Jessop Titanic — I-RMS Titanic isuka eSouthampton ngo-Ephreli 10, 1912.

UViolet Jessop uchaze emibhalweni yakhe ukuthi wayalwa kanjani emphemeni, ngoba wayezosebenza njengesibonelo sendlela yokuziphatha kuzikhulumi ezingezona isiNgisi ezazingakwazi ukulandela imiyalo eziyinikiwe. Wabuka lapho izisebenzi zilayisha izikebhe zokusindisa impilo.

Wabe esetshelwa ukuthi angene eLifeboat-16, kwathi ngesikhathi isikebhe sehliswa, esinye sezikhulu zeTitanic samnika ingane eyayizomnakekela. Ngakusasa ekuseni, uViolet nabanye abasindile basindiswa yiRMS Carpathia.

Ngokusho kukaViolet, ngesikhathi egibele iCarpathia, owesifazane, okungenzeka ukuthi ungunina wengane, ubambe ingane abeyiphethe wabaleka nayo engashongo lutho.

I-HMHS Britannic:

Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, uViolet wasebenza njengomphathi weBritish Red Cross. Ekuseni ngoNovemba 21, 1916, wayegibele iHMHS Britannic, umzila weWhite Star owawuguqulwe waba ngumkhumbi wesibhedlela, ngenkathi ucwila oLwandle i-Aegean ngenxa yokuqhuma okungaqondakali.

"U-Miss ungenakucwiliswa" u-Violet Jessop - owasinda ekuphahlazekeni komkhumbi we-Titanic, Olympic kanye ne-Britannic 2 — I-Britannic yafakwa kabusha njengesibhedlela esintantayo senkonzo ngesikhathi sempi yezwe eyodwa.

IBritannic icwile kungakapheli nemizuzu engu-57, kwashona abantu abangu-30. Iziphathimandla zaseBrithani zacabanga ukuthi umkhumbi ushaywe yi-torpedo noma ushaye imayini etshalwe amabutho aseJalimane.

Imibono yetulo iye yasatshalaliswa, okusikisela ukuthi abakwaBritisher babenomthwalo wokuzika owabo umkhumbi. Kodwa-ke, abacwaningi abakwazi ukufinyelela esiphethweni ngembangela yalesi sehlakalo esibuhlungu.

Ngenkathi iBritannic icwila, uViolet Jessop nabanye abagibeli bacishe babulawa ophephela bomkhumbi abebencela izikebhe zokusindisa ngaphansi komkhumbi. UViolet kudingeke agxume aphume esikebheni sakhe sokusinda futhi athole ukulimala ekhanda okubuhlungu, kodwa wasinda yize ayelimele kakhulu.

“Ngangazi ukuthi uma ngiqonde ukuqhubeka nempilo yami yasolwandle, kuzofanele ngibuye ngokushesha. Uma kungenjalo, bengizophela isibindi. ” ―Violet Jessop, Umsindeli weTitanic

UViolet Jessop uba yiqhawe lesintu ngokusinda ekucwileni kweRMS Titanic, HMHS Britannic neRMS Olympic. Ukusinda kwakhe okungenakwenzeka kuzo zontathu izehlakalo kwamtholela isiteketiso sika “Akacabangi.”

Ukufa kukaViolet Jessop:

Ngemuva komcimbi wase-Britannic, uViolet wabuyela emsebenzini we-White Star Line ngo-1920. Esezohlanganisa iminyaka engamashumi amathathu, waba nomshado omfushane, kwathi ngo-1950 wathatha umhlalaphansi olwandle wathenga ikotishi eGreat Ashfield, eSuffolk e-UK.

NgoMeyi 5, 1971, uViolet Jessop wabulawa yisifo senhliziyo esiminyene eneminyaka engama-83. Ungcwatshwe esigodini esiseduze saseHartest, eduze kukadadewabo nomlamu wakhe, u-Eileen noHubert Meehan.

Izikhumbuzo zikaViolet Jessop, "Ukusinda kweTitanic, " zanyatheliswa ngo-1997. Uye wamelwa kumasiko athandwayo kwifilimu ye-blockbuster Titanic nomdlalo wasesiteji I-Iceberg, Phambili Phambili!: Inhlekelele YeTitanic.