<P> Jessop boarded the RMS Titanic as a stewardess on 10 April 1912, at age 24 . Four days later, on 14 April, it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, where Titanic sank a little more than two hours after the collision . Jessop described in her memoirs how she was ordered up on deck, because she was to function as an example of how to behave for the non-English speakers who could not follow the instructions given to them . She watched as the crew loaded the lifeboats . She was later ordered into lifeboat 16; and as the boat was being lowered, one of the Titanic's officers gave her a baby to look after . The next morning, Jessop and the rest of the survivors were rescued by the RMS Carpathia . According to Jessop, while on board the Carpathia, a woman, presumably the baby's mother, grabbed the baby she was holding and ran off with it without saying a word . </P> <P> During the First World War, Jessop served as a stewardess for the British Red Cross . On the morning of 21 November 1916, she was on board the HMHS Britannic, a White Star liner that had been converted into a hospital ship, when it sank in the Aegean Sea due to an unexplained explosion . The Britannic sank within 57 minutes, killing 30 people . British authorities hypothesized that the ship was either struck by a torpedo or hit a mine planted by German forces . Conspiracy theories have even circulated that suggest the British were responsible for sinking their own ship . Scientists have been unable to reach definitive conclusions as to the true cause . </P> <P> While the Britannic was sinking, Jessop and other passengers were nearly killed by the boat's propellers that were sucking lifeboats under the stern . Jessop had to jump out of her lifeboat and received a traumatic head injury, but survived despite her injuries . In her memoirs, she described the scene she witnessed as the Britannic went under: "The white pride of the ocean's medical world...dipped her head a little, then a little lower and still lower . All the deck machinery fell into the sea like a child's toys . Then she took a fearful plunge, her stern rearing hundreds of feet into the air until with a final roar, she disappeared into the depths ." </P> <P> Jessop returned to work for the White Star Line in 1920 . </P>

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