Titanic Survivor B V Dean signed 6 x 4 inch b/w Tugs take the Strain Titanic postcard. Bertram boarded the Titanic ...

Titanic Survivor B V Dean signed 6 x 4 inch b/w Tugs take the Strain Titanic postcard. Bertram boarded the Titanic with his parents and sister at Southampton on Wednesday April 10, 1912, as a Third Class passenger. He was soon to be two years old while Millvina was only a few weeks old. The Deans were originally to board the Adriatic but a coal strike caused the transfer of passengers to the new White Star liner which was then making its inaugural crossing. The Deans were in their cabin when the liner struck an iceberg on the evening of April 14, 1912. Bertram Frank, awakened by the noise, came up on deck to find out what was happening. Alerted by the news, he went back down to his cabin and woke up his wife, ordering her to dress the two children warmly and get on the Boat Deck. Once there, it is difficult to establish with certainty the sequence of events. Although Eva Dean did embark on the same lifeboat as her daughter, we cannot however know whether the young Bertram Vere was also with his mother or whether, or was lost in the crowd and the confusion, and been in another lifeboat. In any case, the two children were saved, which was not the case for Father Bertram Frank Dean who died in the sinking and whose body, subsequently, was probably never found. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99