
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE LAST DAY ABOARD SHIP
CHAPTER II STRUCK BY AN ICEBERG
CHAPTER III THE FOUNDERING OF THE “TITANIC”
CHAPTER IV STRUGGLING IN THE WATER FOR LIFE
CHAPTER V ALL NIGHT ON BOTTOM OF HALF SUBMERGED UPTURNED BOAT
CHAPTER VI THE PORT SIDE: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST
CHAPTER VII STARBOARD SIDE: WOMEN FIRST, BUT MEN WHEN THERE WERE NO WOMEN
CONCLUDING NOTE By Charles Vale
Through the eyes of the only surviving crew member, this vivid memoir transports listeners back to the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage. The narrator recounts daily life aboard the floating palace—luxury suites, bustling decks, and a crew confident enough to set ever‑faster records. As ice warnings whisper across the Atlantic, he describes the ship’s relentless speed and the calm professionalism of officers like Lightoller, while also honoring the quiet bravery of women and children boarding lifeboats.
In the hours before the collision, the book captures a growing sense of awe and unease among passengers and crew alike. Detailed observations of engineers, designers, and even the ship’s grand interiors give a textured picture of a world on the brink of disaster. Listeners are invited to share in the solemn testimony of honor, duty, and the human spirit that emerged on that cold April night.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (400K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913.
Credits
MFR, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-03-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1858–1912
A Titanic survivor with a historian’s eye, he turned one of history’s most famous disasters into a vivid firsthand account. His writing remains one of the best-known personal records of the ship’s final hours.
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