"I did not like big ships... I was secretly afraid' admits Violet Jessop in this unique eyewitness account of the most written about disaster of the twentieth century. Violet was a stewardess for first-class passengers on the TITANIC when it sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg. While in the lifeboat someone threw her a 'forgotten baby', and she watched fascinated as the ship went down. Four years later, she was a wartime nurse aboard the BRITANNIC, when it struck a mine and sank. These memoirs give a unique glimpse of life below decks, tellings of philandering shipmmates, exotic ports, unrequited love and tragic deaths.