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Arthur John Priest (31 August 1887 – 11 February 1937) was an English fireman and stoker who was notable for surviving four ship sinkings, including the Vorlage:RMS,[1] HMS Alcantara, HMHS Britannic and the Vorlage:SS.[2] Due to these incidents, Priest gained the moniker "the unsinkable stoker".[2]

Priest was the son of Harry Priest, a labourer and his wife Elizabeth Garner, and was one of twelve children. In 1915, Priest married Annie Martin (née Hampton) in Birkenhead and had three sons; called Arthur John, George and Frederick Harry. The family lived for a number of years at 17 Briton Street, Southampton.[3]

Priest worked as a stoker, in the bowels of steam-powered ships. He was considered a part of the black gang,[2] in a group of 27 men, which consisted of six firemen, two trimmers, and the firemen's steward colloquially known as a 'peggy' whose task was to bring food and refreshments to the group. The work was intense and often done while stripped to the waist due to the sustained and intense heat of the furnaces. Whilst working as a stoker, Priest survived four ship sinkings and two major collisions, most of them during World War I. The ships in question were RMS Asturias (collision on her maiden voyage, 1908), Vorlage:RMS (collision with HMS Hawke, 1911), Vorlage:RMS (sunk by an iceberg, 1912), HMS Alcantara (sunk in combat with SMS Greif, 1916), HMHS Britannic (sunk by a mine, 1916) and Vorlage:SS (torpedoed by Vorlage:SMS, 1917). Two other survivors of the Titanic, Archie Jewell and Violet Jessop, would later also survive the sinking of the Britannic with Priest, with Jewell later being killed on the Donegal. In 1917, Priest was awarded the Mercantile Marine Ribbon for his service in the Great War.[2]

After the sinking of SS Donegal, Priest retired from working at sea and left his job as a stoker. He lived out the rest of his days in Southampton, with his wife Annie. He claimed that "no one wished to sail with him after these disasters."[4]

Other than his survival stories, there is little information about his personal life. According to sources, he died in 1937 at his home in Southampton at the age of 49 from pneumonia with his wife Annie by his side. He is buried at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, England.[5] He was given the nickname "the unsinkable stoker" because of his stories of survival at sea.[2]

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  1. C. Brian Kelly: Best Little Stories from World War I: Nearly 100 True Stories. Sourcebooks, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4022-9344-3, S. 130 (google.com [abgerufen am 27. Mai 2018]).
  2. a b c d e Titanic's unsinkable stoker, 30 March 2012. Abgerufen im 27 May 2018 
  3. Mr Arthur John Priest. In: Encyclopedia Titanica. 2018 Encyclopedia Titanica, abgerufen am 27. Mai 2018.
  4. Arthur John Priest : Titanic Survivor In: Encyclopedia Titanica. Abgerufen am 30. November 2017 (englisch). 
  5. Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships - Arthur John Priest. In: www.titanic-whitestarships.com. Archiviert vom Original am 27. September 2017; abgerufen am 30. November 2017.