Charles Joughin 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.
21 Facts About Charles Joughin
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Charles Joughin was born in Patten Street, next to the West Float in Birkenhead, England, on 3 August 1878 to John Edwin, a licensed victualler, and Ellen Joughin.
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Charles Joughin was on board the ship during its delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton.
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Charles Joughin signed on again in Southampton on 4 April 1912.
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Charles Joughin stayed behind for a time, but then followed them, reaching the Boat Deck at around 00:30.
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Charles Joughin joined Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde by Lifeboat 10.
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Charles 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.
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Charles Joughin went below after Lifeboat 10 had gone, and "had a drop of liqueur" in his quarters.
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Charles Joughin then came upstairs again after meeting "the old doctor".
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Charles Joughin then went into the deck pantry on A Deck to get a drink of water and, whilst there, he heard a loud crash, "as if part of the ship had buckled".
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Charles Joughin left the pantry, and joined the crowd running aft toward the poop deck.
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Charles Joughin climbed to the starboard side of the poop deck, getting hold of the safety rail so that he was on the outside of the ship as it went down by the head.
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Charles Joughin was, therefore, the last survivor to leave the Titanic.
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Charles Joughin admitted to hardly feeling the cold, most likely thanks to the alcohol he had imbibed.
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Charles Joughin was rescued from the sea with only swollen feet.
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In 1920, Charles Joughin moved permanently to the United States to Paterson, New Jersey.
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Charles Joughin served on ships operated by American Export Lines, as well as on World War II troop transports before retiring in 1944.
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Twelve years later, Charles Joughin was invited to describe his experiences in a chapter of Walter Lord's book, A Night to Remember.
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Charles Joughin died in a Paterson hospital on 9 December 1956 at the age of 78, after two weeks with pneumonia, and was buried alongside his wife in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery, in Paterson, New Jersey.
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On film, Charles Joughin was portrayed by George Rose in the 1958 A Night to Remember, and by Liam Tuohy in the 1997 Titanic.
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On television, Charles Joughin was portrayed by Chris Parnell in the fourth-season premiere of Drunk History in 2016, and by Stuart Lutes in the second season of the British version in the same year.