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Kate Buss was a Second Class passenger of the RMS Titanic who survived the sinking of the ocean liner.

She was born on December 28, 1875 in Sittingbourne, Kent, England. Kate was the daughter of James Buss and Elizabeth Hannah Brown, natives of Kent married in Sittingbourne on April 5, 1871. James, who was a shopkeeper, was born in Pluckley in 1845 as the illegitimate son of Mary Ann Buss. Kate had seven siblings. She was baptized on 5 March 1876.

On April 10, 1912, Kate boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton as a Second Class passenger under ticket number 27849, being seen off at the dock by her brother Percy. Kate, who had a cabin on E Deck, met Dr. Ernest Moraweck that day at lunchtime in the Second Class Dining Room. Moraweck, whom Kate described as "very nice", brushed away some soot from her eye, later offering to show her New York as soon as they reached their destination, though Kate declined. Later that day, Kate met and shared a steam blanket on deck with whom she befriended, Marion Wright, also socializing with Susan Webber, Ethel Garside, Lucy Ridsdale and the Reverend Ernest Courtenay Carter and his wife Lillian.

In other letters Kate mentions how much she liked the orchestra, especially the cellist (probably John Wesley Woodward), declaring that every time she finished a piece he smiled at her.

The message was immediately relayed to First Officer William Murdoch who ordered the engines full astern and the helm hard-a-starboard.

As Titanic slowly turned to port (in 1912 helm orders were the reverse, a leftover from sailing ship days) at 11.40pm she collided with an iceberg. The impact caused underwater damaged to her first six compartments, the first five flooding out of control.

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The RMS Titanic was designed by the most skilled and experienced engineers in shipbuilding. In its inauguration, the most advanced technologies were used to ensure all means of well-being for its passengers.

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Friday nights are custom-made for an interactive family meal – especially one that’s as easy to make as this. Everyone can talk about their week and plans for the weekend while dipping their favourite vegetables and other dippers into this warm, cheesy fondue.

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The Electric Engines and the Propeller shaft didn't flood until the air pockets imploded sometime after the ship went down.

At 11:40 PM at a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). Struck iceberg at 11:40 PM

Titanic received six warnings of sea ice on 14 April

According to the Royal Meteorological Society a large high pressure cell over the central Atlantic had persisted for weeks keeping a perpetual north and northwest wind over the area of the North Atlantic that not only drove icebergs much further south than normal in April 1912 but also drove bitterly cold air south out ...

11:35 PM
The wireless operator on the Californian turns off his radio.

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Titanic's lifeboat system was designed to ferry passengers to nearby rescue vessels, NOT to hold everyone on board simultaneously

Had Murdoch turned the ship while maintaining her forward speed, Titanic might have missed the iceberg with feet to spare.

1:20 AM
Number 10 is launched. Among the occupants is nine-week-old Millvina Dean.

1:25 AM
While still hours away, the Olympic will be informed by the Carpathia of the Titanic's sinking.

1:30 AM
Amid the growing panic, several male passengers try to board number 14, causing Fifth Officer Harold Lowe to fire his gun three times. He is later placed in command of the boat.

After the sinking of the Titanic, Lowe will transfer people into lifeboats 4, 10, 12, and collapsible D so he can return to look for survivors in the water. He will pull several men to safety and rescue those in the partially flooded collapsible lifeboat A.

1:40 AM
Collapsible C is lowered. Among its occupants is White Star chairman J. Bruce Ismay.

A U.S. committee investigated the sinking and found a total of 1,517 lives were lost, while a British counterpart determined that 1,503 passengers died.

Of those that lived, a few of their stories remain for people to remember today.