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| Picture No | 10216007 |
| Date | 1912 |
| Description | Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, survivor of the Titanic |
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Sir Duff-Gordon was saved from the 1912 Titanic disaster, along with his wife, Lady Duff-Gordon, otherwise known as 'Lucile' the famous socialite and couturier. The subsequent enquiry into the disaster scandalously revealed that Duff-Gordon and his wife had escaped in Lifeboat 1 along with just a handful of others. The capacity was of each Titanic lifeboat was 65.
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| Source | The Sketch. 24th April 1912 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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