Thomas John Jones

Over the next four years, 1893 – 1897, Jones served in numerous capacities aboard foreign-going ships including The Janet McNeil, The Highland Glen, and the SS Bendo.

Pleased with his service, all three shipmasters wrote positive recommendations and unanimously agreed that Jones was an ideal candidate for Master.

Jones’ and the SS Knight Errant, sailed the same fatal course of the RMS Titanic, only one week later, and noted there "was not a vestige of ice or wreckage[9]”.

His notes contain information on various topics that include commentary on East Asian monsoons and hurricanes in the West Indies, on entering the Yangtze River, on how to accurately navigate sea currents, and on pilot signals in England.

[10] While at sea, Jones referenced books such as “Rules of the Road” by Thomas Gray (surveyor), issues of the Nautical Magazine, and the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide, a publication sanctioned by the Board of Trade.