Charles Joughin
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| Born |
3 August 1878 Birkenhead, Wirral, England, UK |
| Died | 9 December 1956 (aged 78) Paterson, New Jersey, US |
| Spouse(s) | Anna E. Ripley Joughin (1872–1944) (her death) 1 child |
Charles John Joughin (3 August 1878 – 9 December 1956) was the chief baker aboard the RMS Titanic. He survived the ship's sinking, and became notable for having survived in the frigid water for an exceptionally long time before being pulled onto the overturned Collapsible B lifeboat with virtually no ill effects.
Charles Joughin was born in Patten Street, next to the West Float in Birkenhead, England, on 3 August 1878. He first went to sea aged 11, in the year 1889, and later became chief baker on various White Star Line steamships, notably aboard the Olympic, Titanic's sister ship.
He was part of the victualling crew of the RMS Titanic during its maiden and final trip in April 1912. He was on board the ship during its delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton. He signed on again in Southampton on 4 April 1912. In the capacity of Chief Baker, Joughin received monthly wages of £12 (equivalent to £1340 today, adjusted for inflation), and had a staff of thirteen bakers under him.
When the ship hit an iceberg on the evening of 14 April, at 23:40, Joughin was off-duty and in his bunk. According to his testimony, he felt the shock of the collision and immediately got up. Word was being passed down from the upper decks that officers were getting the lifeboats ready for launching, and Joughin sent his thirteen men up to the boat deck with provisions to the lifeboats: four loaves of bread apiece, about forty pounds of bread each. Joughin stayed behind for a time, but then followed them, reaching the Boat Deck at around 00:30.
He joined Chief Officer Henry Wilde by Lifeboat 10. Joughin helped, with stewards and other seamen, the ladies and children through to the lifeboat, although, after a while, the women on deck ran away from the boat saying they were safer aboard the Titanic. The Chief Baker then went on to A Deck and forcibly brought up women and children, throwing them into the lifeboat.
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