Charles John Joughin (/ˈdʒɒkɪn/ JOK-in; 3 August 1878 – 9 December 1956) was a British-American chef, known as being the chief baker aboard the RMS Titanic.
He first went to sea in 1889 aged 11, and later became chief baker on various White Star Line steamships, notably the RMS Olympic, Titanic's sister ship.
Joughin helped, with stewards and other seamen, the ladies and children through to the lifeboat, although, after a while, the women on deck ran away from the boat saying they were safer aboard the Titanic.
When daylight broke, he spotted the upturned Collapsible B lifeboat, with Second Officer Charles Lightoller and around 30 men standing on the side of the boat.
[2] After surviving the Titanic disaster, Joughin returned to England, and was one of the crew members who reported to testify at the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking headed by Lord Mersey.
He also served on ships operated by American Export Lines, as well as on World War II troop transports before retiring in 1944.
[3] After moving back to New Jersey, he remarried to Mrs. Annie Eleanor (Ripley) Howarth Coll (born 29 December 1870), a native of Leeds, who had first emigrated to the United States in 1888.
Twelve years later, Joughin was invited to describe his experiences in a chapter of Walter Lord's book, A Night to Remember.
On television, Joughin was portrayed by Chris Parnell in the fourth-season premiere of Drunk History in 2016, and by Stuart Lutes in the second season of the British version in the same year.