Английская Википедия:Arthur John Priest
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Arthur John Priest (31 August 1887 – 11 February 1937) was an English fireman and stoker who was notable for surviving four ship sinkings, including the Шаблон:RMS,[1] HMS Alcantara, HMHS Britannic and the Шаблон:SS.[2] Due to these incidents, Priest gained the moniker "the unsinkable stoker".[2]
Life
Priest was the son of Harry Priest, a labourer and his wife Elizabeth Garner, and was one of twelve children. In 1915, Priest married Annie Martin (née Hampton) in Birkenhead and had three sons; called Arthur John, George and Frederick Harry. The family lived for a number of years at 17 Briton Street, Southampton.[3]
Priest worked as a stoker, in the bowels of steam-powered ships. He was considered a part of the black gang,[2] in a group of 27 men, which consisted of six firemen, two trimmers, and the firemen's steward colloquially known as a 'peggy' whose task was to bring food and refreshments to the group. The work was intense and often done while stripped to the waist due to the sustained and intense heat of the furnaces. Whilst working as a stoker, Priest survived four ship sinkings and two major collisions, most of them during World War I. The ships in question were RMS Asturias (collision on her maiden voyage, 1908), Шаблон:RMS (collision with HMS Hawke, 1911), Шаблон:RMS (sunk by an iceberg, 1912), HMS Alcantara (sunk in combat with SMS Greif, 1916), HMHS Britannic (sunk by a mine, 1916) and Шаблон:SS (torpedoed by Шаблон:SMS, 1917). Two other survivors of the Titanic, Archie Jewell and Violet Jessop, would later also survive the sinking of the Britannic with Priest, with Jewell later being killed on the Donegal. In 1917, Priest was awarded the Mercantile Marine Ribbon for his service in World War 1.[2]
After the sinking of SS Donegal, Priest retired from working at sea and left his job as a stoker. He lived out the rest of his days in Southampton, with his wife Annie. He claimed that "no one wished to sail with him after these disasters."[4]
Other than his survival stories, there is little information about his personal life. According to sources, he died in 1937 at his home in Southampton at the age of 49 from pneumonia with his wife Annie by his side. He is buried at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, England.[5] He was given the nickname "the unsinkable stoker" because of his stories of survival at sea.[2]
References
External links
- Titanic’s Unsinkable Survivors The Old Salt Blog. The Arthur John Priest & Violet Jessop
- The man who survived 3 sinkings in the First World War and the Titanic February 29, 2016
- Amazing Street Arts That'll Blow your MindШаблон:Dead link Street Arts, Amazing "To the Bitter End," December 2019
- The Old Reliable, RMS Olympic Nov, 15, 2017
- The wreck Site, RMS Alcantara (+1916) Allen Toney, 2006
- TitanicШаблон:'s unsinkable stoker Peter Engberg-Klarström, Brian Ticehurst, Bill Wormstedt, "Mr. Arthur John Priest" 2017
- Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War Beresford, Katherine. Maritime Archaeology Trust. 22 November 2017
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