Titanic Survivors: Frank Prentice - "I thought I was going to die." BBC: There were only 705 survivors. Few of them, of course, are still alive today, but amongst them is Major Frank Prentiss from Bournemouth. Now, Major, you worked in the purser's office of the ship. You were only 18 at the time, and you were in your cabin here in the midships of the Titanic when the collision occurred. Now, what was the first you knew of the disaster? FP: Well, we came to a sudden stop. That's the first I knew

#OnThisDay 1912: Titanic sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. The youngest survivor, Millvina Dean, was just nine weeks of age. She spoke to Blue Peter shortly after James Cameron's 1997 film was released. | BBC Archive