107 #31: ‘Keep a lookout for small ice’ was a standing joke amongst Titanic’s lookouts

TRUE. It is interesting to note that earlier Lightoller had ordered that the Crow’s Nest be telephoned a second time

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107 #30: All eight members of the Goodwin family died in the Titanic sinking

TRUE. Frederick Goodwin was a 42-year-old electrical engineer living in a terraced house in Fulham, England, with his wife, Augusta,

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107 #29: Stewardess Violet Jessop survived the sinking of both the Titanic and her sister ship, the Britannic

TRUE. Violet Jessop was lucky throughout her life! Having survived tuberculosis as a child, she became a stewardess to help

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107 #28: There were professional ‘card-sharps’ travelling on Titanic as first class passengers

TRUE. Although the famous ‘Jay Yates’, who was allegedly travelling under the name of J.H. Rogers and was hailed as

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107 #26: Alice Cleaver, nursemaid to a family in first class, had previously been convicted of killing her own child

FALSE. However, due to an unfortunate coincidence of names, this story has persisted, probably partly because of its connection with

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