A Girl Aboard the Titanic

‘I was 7, I had never seen a ship before …it looked very big …everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that’s when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night …she decided that she wouldn’t go to bed at night, and she didn’t!’ This is the amazing story of how Eva survived the sinking of the Titanic, how her father perished and the effect it had on her life following the tragedy. The events of a few hours in her childhood remained with her so vividly throughout her life that it took Eva nearly forty years before she could talk openly about the tragedy. A Girl Aboard the Titanic is the only child eyewitness description we have of the most famous maritime disaster.

Author Biography

Eva Hart was one of the most outspoken survivors concerning the Titanic’s lack of sufficient lifeboats and of any salvage attempts of the Titanic after its discovery in 1985. She lived for many years in Chadwell Heath in London and died in 1996. Professor Ron Denney and Eva were friends for many years and he aided her in writing up her memories. Ron Denney lives in Sevenoaks.