Titanic Survivor | Frank Prentice: "I thought I was going to die"

He was 23 at the time of titanic

Also we have to remember Frank's friend, Cyril Ricks, he also jumped but hit the propeller and died.

The difference between the youth of a time now past and today's youth. This man at 18 years of age jumped from a hight of 100+ feet into ice filled water and swam to a lifeboat, most likely 100+ yards away.

Ive seen Frank's watch, its in the sea museum in Southampton.

Frank was like gimme my watch back lol I loved the first interview so much better than this one. Interviewer seems like he’s rushing

Olympic not the titanic .

I wish podcasts existed back then

Frank jumped off the stern when the ship was near to breaking in half. When he landed his friend Cyril Ricks jumped, but unfortunately he hit the propeller and died on the way down. That scene is included in the james cameron titanic movie.

That watch will be worth a fortune

Fantastic interview although i couldn’t help noticing how disrespectful the interviewer was with his beloved watch! He takes it off him shows it to the camera then just puts it face down on the table. 🤦🏻‍♂️ This man has carried that with him since the Titanic disaster and he didn’t even have the decency to hand it back to him. What a dick.

Could you really drop that far into freezing cold water & still be alive ?

What's up with the interviewers haircut? Is that early Keith Richards?

What an absolutely beautiful man. Inside and out. Incredible courage ❤

An absolute legend!!

Survivor or not
..all of them, are dead people now

The first dude talking wtf is up with the hair cut lol

Does anyone know the name of the interviewer? He was a regular on BBC South.

Bet that watch is worth a ton …. Rip Frank!

What has he done with the rest of his life??

It’s Dwight schrute!

Imagine the horror when he must've jumped into the freezing water, 100 foot drop, and just float there looking at people dying all around him, in the dark, distant screams, and just waiting to die himself.

Falling over 100 feet into freezing cold water is insane. How terrifying! I cannot believe he survived.

Yep no need for them higher the speed knowing they had ice Warnings because then they would have passed those Ice burgs during the day instead of night

Quickly took his Watch back 😅 don’t trust the host

"half the women didn't want to leave their husband" damn, loyality & love back then just 🔥🔥

If you watch the movie their is a scene where it shows a man hit the propeller from falling off hitting the propellers. This guy is the definition of that scene but he lived that’s crazy.

rip Frank Prentice you were a warrior 🤍🌟

I feel like This mans story is the most accurate and precise story than any of the other witnesses

Survived titanic, ww1 and ww2. Surely one of the bravest people to ever live. RIP Frank.

What an incredible man! A hero, like so many other people on that extremely sad night. Also a WW1 hero. Frank was a remarkably brave man. Rest in peace Major Prentice 🫡

This man survived the Titanic, fought in World War 1 and lived through World War 2. Pure British steel.

Didn't let that watch sit there long.... he snagged that back super fast....

I worked in an office in Liverpool city centre for 5 years. And the floor above is used to be the head office for the white star lines. Bruce Ismay owned it. They had a large titanic ship replica in a massive tank it was amazing nostalgia to see every day.

Before the titanic was found by Ballard in the 80s idiots questioned survivors having enough nerve to tell them that titanic never broke in half...when Ballard found titanic she was found to be broke in half as survivors had told

I live in Philadelphia, and countless people committed suicide jumping "135 ft from the "Betsy Ross bridge" into the water. If you manage to survive, you will likely have tons of broken bones. Jumping from that height is like hitting concrete. And other then that, idk how you will be able to swim away fast enough before the ship sucks you under, I would think. Interviews with countless other survivers also said that there was no music playing

I play Miss Clark in the Musical, she was amazing.

Very brave respect to him

‘It was pretty sad at the end.’ That’s one way of putting it.

Hes so cute with his watch ⌚️ ❤️

When he says "It was sad and chaotic at the end", it gave me a perspective I've never had before. When we think of disasters, they're always in a fairly open space. People can run, escape, etc. The chaos spreads out. And while harrowing, people usually have a measure of hope to escape. Imagine the horror of so many people facing their deaths, KNOWING that it's about to end, but being crowded in a very finite space that's growing smaller by the second. It adds a whole new layer of horror for me...

What an absolute legend. Incredibly fascinating hearing his story of survival.

Women and children first.
18 is 39 nowadays.

Women children first!

Probably the most famous person from my town Bournemouth 😂

He got into a lifeboat ? 😮

This has got to one of the best Titanic survivor stories I have ever seen! How terrifying that must have been for this young man...

Imagine falling so far and looking up to see those giant propellers above you and dead all around. Quite a survival story. I would have asked him if he felt the ship break in two but that wasn't known then.