Book description
Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, was described by another
survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic'. After taking an active
role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats,
distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage
and look for survivors - the only officer to do so. He succeeded in
raising a sail, rescued the drenched inhabitants of a sinking lifeboat
and towed another boat to safety. Lowe had a long and fascinating life
at sea. The tragic sinking of the Titanic was only the most notorious
incident in a career that took him a fifteen-year-old runaway to the
coast of West Africa and into action in Siberia during the Russian
Revolution. Titanic historian Inger Sheil has worked closely with
Lowe's family to compile a gripping biography of this heroic Welshman.
Inger Sheil has lived in Sydney, Vienna, New York and London.
Graduating from Sydney University, she left a career as a policy
adviser to spend five years in the United Kingdom researching Harold
Lowe and the deck crew of RMS Titanic. In 2003 Sheil returned to
Australia and commenced working at the Australian National Maritime
Museum. She has written a number of articles on aspects of Titanic's history.
