Archie Jewell

## Overview

Archie Jewell is a historical character who appeared in the 2021 voyages of Titanic Voyage RPG and Britannic Voyage.

## Archie Jewell (1888-1917)

Archie Jewell was a British sailor who worked as a lookout aboard the RMS Titanic during it's maiden voyage, and the HMHS Britannic during the Great War (now called World War One). He escaped in Boat 7, the first lifeboat to leave the ship.

## Early Life

On December 4, 1888, Archie was born in Bude, England to Mr. John Jewell and Mrs. Elizabeth Jewell, and had six siblings, named Clara, John Henry, Ernest, Albert, Elizabeth, and Orlando. When he turned 15, he moved to College Street in Southampton, England, and started working on the sea. In 1904, he joined the White Star Line and served on the RMS Oceanic for eight years, during which he married Bessie Herd, one of his childhood friends who was also from Bude.

## Historical Story (Titanic and Britannic)

In 1912, he was transferred to the RMS Titanic as a lookout. He boarded the ship in Southampton and worked the nightshift from 8 pm to 10 pm with George Symons for a salary of £5. He was in his cabin when the ship struck the iceberg at 11:40 pm, and was one of the first people to escape the ship, boarding Boat 7, which left the ship at 12:40 am and carried only 28 people out of 65. His lifeboat reached the Carpathia at 5:10 a.m., and after the Carpathia docked in New York, he was the first person to testify at the Inquries.

Archie left the White Star Line to spend time with his girlfriend, and during his time off, they got married and had a daughter named Raymond Hope Jewell, and moved to Bitterne. Unfortunately, the First World War had broken out, and he had to return to the sea. In 1916, he was recruited to serve aboard the HMHS Britannic, the sister ship of the RMS Titanic. On November 21, 1916, at 8:12 a.m., the Britannic struck a mine in the Aegean Sea and rapidly began to sink. Fortunately, Jewell survived again and also testified about the sinking, just like last time.

## Fictional Story (In Titanic Voyage and Britannic Voyage)

After being transferred to the RMS Titanic as a lookout, Archie boarded the ship in Southampton on April 10th, 1912. During the voyage, he befriended Robert Cath. He also helped save the life of Mr. Sasha Barbicon by bringing him to the ship's hospital while Sasha was choking and coughing blood. On April 14, 1912, he was in the Cafe Parisien when the ship hit the iceberg at 11:40 p.m. After going to the ship's bow and seeing the ice on the deck, Archie volunterred to help people board Boat 7, where he was placed in. After being rescued on the Carpathia, he testified and took a break from the sea to spend time with his family until the war broke out.

After four years since the sinking of the Titanic, in November 1916, Jewell was transferred to the HMHS Britanic, along with his friend, Robert Cath. They both helped in maintainence on the ship. On the night of November 20, 1916, Jewell saw Captain Barrett having an affair with another passenger, but chose to keep quiet until the voyage was over. On the morning of November 21, 1912, Jewell attended a church service in the 2nd Class Dining Saloon and was eating breakfast with the other passengers when the Britannic struck the mine at 8:12 a.m. The ship began sinking rapidly, and he escaped in Boat 19 and watched in horror as the Britannic went under. He was rescued on the HMS Heroic.

## Death

After the sinking of the Britannic, Jewell was re-assigned to work on the SS Donegal, a passenger ferry that was converted to a warship. On April 17, 1917, in the English channel, a German U-boat fired a torpedo without warning at the Donegal, which sank and took Archie Jewell's life with it. His body was never recovered.