RMS Titanic Emergency Lifeboat No. 1 : Account and Occupants

The so-called "money boat" Lifeboat 1 was the fourth boat lowered on the starboard side, occupants included Lady Duff Gordon.

Titanic emergency lifeboat 1. The fourth boat lowered on the starboard side. When boats 7, 5 and 3 had been filled and lowered, few people remained on the forward starboard boat deck. Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon with his wife and her secretary were among those few. They entered boat 1 as did two American gentlemen; one of whom (Charles Stengel) had seen his wife into boat 5 a few minutes earlier. Five stokers were ordered in as well as lookout Symons, in charge of the boat, and an able seaman. There were 12 in it, whereas the capacity was 40. It seems likely that the boat was lowered away with so few people in it so that the two collapsible boats nearby could be sent away as soon as possible. Later, Sir Cosmo would be accused of bribing the crew in the boat in order for them not to row back to the wreck. Apparently, this was a misunderstanding; Sir Cosmo tried to be nice and wanted the crew to get five pounds each to get new material when they reached safety.

Boat 1 was the second boat to reach the Carpathia.

Lifeboat summary by Peter Engberg-Klarström

We found 12 people.

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Name	Age	Class/Dept	Ticket	Joined	Job	Boat [Body]
COLLINS, Mr John	38	Engineering Crew		Southampton	Fireman	1
DUFF GORDON, Sir Cosmo Edmund	49	1st Class Passenger	11755 £39 12s	Cherbourg	Landowner	1
DUFF GORDON, Lucy Christiana, Lady	48	1st Class Passenger	17485 £56 18s 7d	Cherbourg	Dressmaker / Couturiere	1
FRANCATELLI, Miss Laura Mabel	31	1st Class Passenger Servant	17485 £56 18s 7d	Cherbourg	Secretary	1
HENDRICKSON, Mr Charles Osker	28	Engineering Crew		Southampton	Leading Fireman	1
HORSWILL, Mr Albert Edward James	33	Deck Crew		Southampton	Able Seaman	1
PUSEY, Mr William Robert Holland	22	Engineering Crew		Southampton	Fireman	1
SALOMON, Mr Abraham Lincoln	43	1st Class Passenger	111163 £26	Southampton	Businessman	1
SHEATH, Mr Frederick	20	Engineering Crew		Southampton	Trimmer	1
STENGEL, Mr Charles Emil Henry	54	1st Class Passenger	11778 £55 8s 10d	Cherbourg	Businessman	1
SYMONS, Mr George Thomas Macdonald
TAYLOR, Mr George