The Hansen's cabin & Olympic

[Mette Hjermind McCall]

I am trying to find out where 3rd class passengers Jenny, Claus Peter and Henrik (Juhl) Hansen's cabin was located at. Jenny was saved and gives this much information:
"We did not notice scarely any jar when the ship struck the iceberg (...)We were in bed but I rushed to the stateroom door (...) I opened the door and asked someone but they only told me to go back into bed. I went back, but I heard the steerage passengers coming upstairs and I looked out again. I saw the cabin stewards with life belts on and people rushing around.(...)We got out on deck and as the stairs leading to the boat deck were crowded with passengers, we had to climb up on an iron ladder on the outside of the ship."
This is Jenny's story, I was also wondering if anyone knows what a "stateroom door" is? And a last question, as they are getting into the lifeboats, Jenny is being told that the Carpathia and the Olympic are close and will come to rescue. I know Carpathia was four hours away but have never heard anythting about Olympic being out there, wasn't that ship still in port because of the coal strike?
Any help with any of the above questions is greatly appreciated!
Mette.

 

[Lester Mitcham]

Hi Mette,

Passengers were berthed in staterooms [cabins]. A "stateroom door" is the doorway to the room/cabin that they occupied.

Most likely Jenny and Claus Peter had a room in the forward section, with Henrik [also in the forward section] having a berth in a room which he probably shared with other single [as in not accompanied by their wifes or families] men.

The Olympic had sailed from New York on the 13th.

I hope that helps.
Regards,
Lester

 

[Daniel Klistorner]

I read somewhere that the Olympic was estimated to arrive on the scene after 12pm, I think around about 2pm. However Olympic was not required to come to assistance after all, and she never reached the wreck scene or Carpathia.

I'm not very familiar with 3rd class passengers, but married couples or those with children were berthed together on E deck (that's at least one place I know). Otherwise, single men were berthed forward, and single ladies were berthed aft on the ship.

Daniel.

 

[Mette Hjermind McCall]

Daniel and Lester,
Thank you for your helpful answers. So if Olympic left New York on the 13th, where was she at exactly at the time of the sinking?
Daniel, when you write that she was scheduled to arrive at 12pm-2pm do you mean April 15?
Lester, still working on Marius Pedersen, will let you know asap if there is any news.
Best,
Mette.

 

[Daniel Klistorner]

Mette,

Olympic was about 500 miles away from Titanic at the time of the sinking. If Olympic was required to show up at the site, she would have only made it there at about 2pm, so yes, on April 15.

Daniel.

 

[Colin John James]

There are those who believe the conspiracy theory that Titanic was to meet with some concocted problem and summon help from a not too distant Olympic.

They say that is why she was in a hurry, to meet the Olympic but i thought why? she must at some stage pass on the journey.....but then it occured to me, you wouldn't want to disembark a whole ship in the dark would you..

I'm sure someone out there can supply me with the time they would have passed, bet it was in daylight.

I dont totally agree with the conspiracy theory but it always has that niggling doubt that wont go away....I'm sure someone would have blown the gaff by now if there was.