Helen Ragnhild Østby was a First Class passenger of the Titanic. She survived the sinking in Lifeboat 5. She was the daughter of Engelhart Cornelius Østby and Lizzie May Webster (died 1899). Helen was returning to America with her father after a tour of Europe and North Africa, they boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, she occupied cabin B-36. "Mostly, we just wandered around between meals enjoying the luxury and newness of it all. We always traveled on the White Star Line, so we could compare the Titanic with other ships of the company." By this time passengers were congregating in the corridors.