Charles Joughin is the real life person portrayed in the film Titanic by the guy in the white hat and white apron, you know the baker looking guy? This baker in the movie is seen more than a few times reaching into his pocket to get a flask which he tilts back in short order. So was this a true story, did the Titanic’s chief baker Charles Joughin, pronounced as “Jockin”, survive the sinking of the “unsinkable” ship by getting blackout drunk?
Titanic Sinking
As you know the Titanic sank. Charles Joughin was at the topmost part of the ship as it began and finished its descent into the chilly abyss. He rode it down “like an elevator”. The horror of watching hundreds around him die was replaced by the terrible reality of being in freezing water once the ship was underwater. At this time he was also very drunk.
Rescued By Collapsible Lifeboat B
After being in the icy chilled waters for a remarkably long time, Charles Joughlin was rescued by one of the few collapsible lifeboats that the fortunate few had been so lucky to embark on as part of the initial escape.
Charles credited his blood alcohol levels as the reason why he survived wading around in cold waters for so long. Ironically a large consumption of alcohol can increase the risk for hypothermia, but he sure felt good right?
He survived the sinking disaster that was the RMS Titanic, but what is the one thing you can’t overcome by having multiple drinks? Charles died after a battle with pneumonia in 1956 at the age of 78.
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