Michel Navratil

Michel Navratil (August 13, 1880 - April 15, 1912) was a tailor and Slovak immigrant to France, passenger on the who died when the ship sank, and was the father of two boys sometimes referred to as the Orphans of the Titanic. Contemporary witness reports said that Michel Jr. was wearing just a flannel shirt, and Edmond had no clothes on, and both were wrapped in blankets. They were put into Collapsible D, the last lifeboat successfully launched from the ship. Michel perished in the sinking.
Michel's body was the fifteenth recovered by the Mackay-Bennett. In his pocket was a loaded revolver. Because he had used a Jewish surname on his ticket, on May 15, 1912, he was buried in the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Halifax.
A book, "Les Enfants du Titanic", was written in 1982 by Élisabeth Navratil, Michel's granddaughter, telling the story of him and the boys, and of their unfortunate adventures on the Titanic.

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