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The aristocrat who survived the Titanic and rowed dozens to safety: New book reveals the unbreakable bond between heroic Countess and a 5ft-tall Able Seaman forged on lifeboat Number 8 of the doomed ocean liner

ByPimpHesus

Mar 22, 2026
When Noel, Countess of Rothes, and Able Seaman Thomas Jones boarded the Titanic on Wednesday, April 10, 1912, she headed to the luxurious first-class deck, he to the spartan crew quarters.