First Officer George Ernest Kemp Oliver
Crew member | First Officer20.12.1877
Biography
Born into the heart of naval england at Hull. His short temper was seen since birth, George Ernest Kemp Oliver can only be described with 3 adjectives; Religious, Brave and unsocial.
His family line was endlessly filled with expert mariners;Captains, Officers and even simple Fireman. His father, had planned his son’s future since birth. At age 18, upon the completion of his studies he went straight into a bumpy unstable wooden sailing ship. That was what would later be called “Hell” at age 22, he applied for his Second Mate’s certificate and failed the subject “Navigation” after another failed attempt, he succeeded at his third time and became a Mate aboard the “Clyde” on which he met John Herbert Pitman. But just being a mate wasn't enough, and so when 1902 came he applied for his First Mate’s certificate and joined Leyland’s Line Winifredian, which made the Liverpool-Boston Route. Despite this new chapter on his life, Leyland Line refused to promote him, and so he applied to join the world’s biggest passenger line, the White Star Line. To his surprise, he was accepted rather quickly and told to report to White Star Line’s
To his surprise, he was accepted rather quickly and told to report to White Star Line’s Liverpool headquarters, he was to join the “Cedric” on her maiden voyage; together with Second Officer Wilde and Purser McElroy. Technology advanced, and so did Oliver who was starting to gain a reputation of being a “unpopular and mad officer” but this wasnt true at all, despite that it would haunt him for all his career. Throughout the 1900’s, he served on various liners, such as;Teutonic, Majestic and Adriatic (As 4th officer on her maiden voyage) Oliver did his job well, and was regarded as an excellent mariner. He served in the Adriatic through the late 1900’s and onto 1911, when as 3rd Officer he was transferred to the Baltic.
(It is rumoured Oliver was on the Baltic on April 14th/15th) Soon after June 1912, he was transferred to the Majestic as Second Officer, now a senior officer Oliver proved to be really strict and unsociable with passengers even daring to call them “Monkeys” When the Majestic was retired from service in January 1914, Oliver now aged 37 received his royal navy training was made Lieutenant and comissioned into the RNR. Upon his return he was promoted to the rank of First Officer and sent to the Arabic to do the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route. When the great war started, Arabic maintained her schedule and as consequence was torpedoed and sunk in only 11 minutes. The sinking traumatised Oliver, who was nearly drowned as he struggled to lower the lifeboats. Despite this, he talked about the experience with normality; Fifth Officer Fielding even claimign"Excitement"
After seating idle for nearly a year, he joined the "Britannic" in September 1916. He was unpopular with the crew, them preferring Brocklebank and Hume. Despite this, it never stopped him from doing his duties.
His family line was endlessly filled with expert mariners;Captains, Officers and even simple Fireman. His father, had planned his son’s future since birth. At age 18, upon the completion of his studies he went straight into a bumpy unstable wooden sailing ship. That was what would later be called “Hell” at age 22, he applied for his Second Mate’s certificate and failed the subject “Navigation” after another failed attempt, he succeeded at his third time and became a Mate aboard the “Clyde” on which he met John Herbert Pitman. But just being a mate wasn't enough, and so when 1902 came he applied for his First Mate’s certificate and joined Leyland’s Line Winifredian, which made the Liverpool-Boston Route. Despite this new chapter on his life, Leyland Line refused to promote him, and so he applied to join the world’s biggest passenger line, the White Star Line. To his surprise, he was accepted rather quickly and told to report to White Star Line’s
To his surprise, he was accepted rather quickly and told to report to White Star Line’s Liverpool headquarters, he was to join the “Cedric” on her maiden voyage; together with Second Officer Wilde and Purser McElroy. Technology advanced, and so did Oliver who was starting to gain a reputation of being a “unpopular and mad officer” but this wasnt true at all, despite that it would haunt him for all his career. Throughout the 1900’s, he served on various liners, such as;Teutonic, Majestic and Adriatic (As 4th officer on her maiden voyage) Oliver did his job well, and was regarded as an excellent mariner. He served in the Adriatic through the late 1900’s and onto 1911, when as 3rd Officer he was transferred to the Baltic.
(It is rumoured Oliver was on the Baltic on April 14th/15th) Soon after June 1912, he was transferred to the Majestic as Second Officer, now a senior officer Oliver proved to be really strict and unsociable with passengers even daring to call them “Monkeys” When the Majestic was retired from service in January 1914, Oliver now aged 37 received his royal navy training was made Lieutenant and comissioned into the RNR. Upon his return he was promoted to the rank of First Officer and sent to the Arabic to do the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route. When the great war started, Arabic maintained her schedule and as consequence was torpedoed and sunk in only 11 minutes. The sinking traumatised Oliver, who was nearly drowned as he struggled to lower the lifeboats. Despite this, he talked about the experience with normality; Fifth Officer Fielding even claimign"Excitement"
After seating idle for nearly a year, he joined the "Britannic" in September 1916. He was unpopular with the crew, them preferring Brocklebank and Hume. Despite this, it never stopped him from doing his duties.