John Henry Hesketh was a Second Engineer of the Titanic. He didn't survive the sinking.
Biography[]
When he signed on to the Titanic's Maiden Voyage on 9 April 1912, he gave his address as 80 Garnett Avenue [Liverpool] and his previous ship as the Olympic. As a Second Engineer he could expect monthly wages of £18.
Hesketh was in Boiler Room 6 when the Titanic struck the iceberg and he barely managed to shut the dampers (shutting off the flow of air to the fires) when he heard a sound like a gunshot. He and leading stoker Frederick Barrett were suddenly hit by a jet of icy water and they ran aft and managed to clamber through the doorway of the tunnel into boiler-room 5 as the watertight door closed. The remaining men including Fireman George Beauchamp raked the fires before escaping to safety.
John Henry Hesketh died in the sinking and his body, if recovered, was never identified.
His estate at death was worth £447,10s and was administered to his father Henry on 8 July 1912.
Portrayals[]
1943 Film Titanic[]
A Night to Remember (1958)[]
In A Night To Remember (1958) Hesketh is played by Andrew Keir. He is first seen giving Thomas Andrews a tour of the boiler rooms, He is later seen during the collision helping the other stokers leave. He is later seen telling stokers get up top before water collapses on him and some stokers. Hesketh strangely replaces Lead stoker Barrett.
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John Henry Hesketh in A Night to Remember (1958 film)
Boiler Room 6 starts flooding
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)[]
Titanic (1997 film)[]
Hesketh is first seen in the boiler room with Frederick Barrett and is seen evacuating the stokers out of Boiler Room 6. He is played by an unknown actor.
John Henry Hesketh with Fred Barrett in Titanic (1997)
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