Rose” says that only 6 people were rescued after the sinking. Is that true?
Yes. Quartermaster Perkis in Lifeboat 4 returned to the scene of the sinking and pulled 5 people from the water. Only 3 survived. Later, Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, in charge of of Boat 14, assembled Boats 10, 12, 4, and Collapsible D into a flotilla. He transferred passengers from Boat 14 to make room. Waiting for the “noise to die out” he went back and only found 4 swimmers still alive. 1 of that 4 died within the hour. Perkis’ and Lowe’s boats were the only lifeboats to go back for survivors. Altogether 6 people were saved from the freezing water after Titanic sank.
