Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse who achieved fame by surviving the disastrous sinkings of both the RMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic in 1912 and 1916 respectively. In addition, she had been on board the RMS Olympic, their sister ship, when it collided with the protected cruiser HMS Hawke in 1911.
After the Titanic sank, Violet was in the life boat holding a baby all night. When she got on board the Carpathia the mother took the baby from her, and never even thanked her. Years after her retirement, she got a telephone call from a woman claiming to be the baby she saved. Her friend, and biographer John Maxtone-Graham said it was most likely some children in the village playing a joke on her. She replied "No John, I had never told that story to anyone before I told you now." To this day, the baby she saved has never been positively identified.
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