Titanic Valour
eBook - ePub

Titanic Valour

The Life of Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Titanic Valour

The Life of Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

About this book

Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors – the only officer to do so. He succeeded in raising a sail, rescued the drenched inhabitants of a sinking lifeboat and towed another boat to safety. Lowe had a long and fascinating life at sea. The tragic sinking of the Titanic was only the most notorious incident in a career that took him as a fifteen-year-old runaway to the coast of West Africa and into action in Siberia during the Russian Revolution. Titanic historian Inger Sheil has worked closely with Lowe's family to compile a gripping biography of this heroic Welshman.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. 1 ‘Where Are You Bound?’
  8. 2 Boatman and Sailor
  9. 3 In Line of Reserve
  10. 4 ‘A Good Bridge Officer’
  11. 5 White Star Line
  12. 6 A Stranger to Everyone on Board
  13. 7 Mayhem on the Titanic
  14. 8 Launching Lifeboat 14
  15. 9 ‘I’ve Taken Command Here’
  16. 10 The US Titanic Inquiry
  17. 11 A British Reckoning
  18. 12 In Peace and War
  19. 13 The Bolshevik Business
  20. 14 Families in Decline
  21. 15 ‘Before I’m Too Old’
  22. Epilogue
  23. Appendix I Affidavit of Harold Lowe
  24. Appendix II Career History of Harold Lowe
  25. Plates
  26. Copyright