3. The Wreck of The Titan
We keep going with other strange Titanic facts. In 1898, author Morgan Robertson wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility. The plot is all too familiar. Long story short, Robertson had written about a ship, the Titan, venturing on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic that hit an iceberg and sank.
The liner didn’t have enough lifeboats, and the author described it as being “unsinkable” for the main reason that it was the biggest ship of its day. Yes, this sounds way too familiar, and the book was written 14 years before the tragic event on the Titanic.
Several theories proliferated, with many people wondering whether Robertson was a prescient writer, while others said he knew exactly what he was writing about as he talked mainly about maritime affairs.
Maybe he saw ships becoming bigger and bigger and thought about the dangers of this, including icebergs. The author was approached and asked if he was prophetic after the sinking of the Titanic. His answer was, “No, I just know what I’m writing about.”
Well, it would be an understatement to say that some Titanic facts are mind-bending.
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This was very interesting but the fact about the photograph was the only one I’d never heard before.
This article was very interesting reading! I really enjoyed it.
Thank you for this info!
This Titanic story gave me goosebumps and just blew my mind. Such a sad and tragic story. That little small word “IF” I had only done this or “IF” I had only done that. So sad…
the makes & blilders of the ship said “not ever God ” can bring this ship down
Excellent with little known facts. Have always been fascinated by the history of the Titanic!! Curious as to how many pets survived the sinking.
It is impossible for his violin to be returned to his fiance who would have been probably over 120 in 2013.
Very interesting . The story of the sinking of the Titanic is very sad and tragic story but yet I love to read it.
Excellent work, the fact about the key is the one that really got to me, something so simple but so much more important.
God proved to man he is not perfect ….so admit your mistakes and move on.live learn and improve.We are at fault when we ignore all the signs or warnings that ‘s right in front of us.The artical was good.My favorite part was about the iceberg with a streak of paint on the side.Yes it was so tragic and could have been prevented.