 Noël Rothes is best known as a heroine of the 1912 "Titanic" tragedy, helping to command her lifeboat, in concert with Able Seaman Thomas William (Tom) Jones.Noël handled the tiller of the boat, steering it clear of the sinking liner, and later assisted in rowing it to the rescue ship, all the while encouraging other survivors with her calm decisiveness and optimism.She embarked at Southampton on 10 April with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, her husband's cousin Gladys Cherry, and her maid Roberta Maioni.