Friday, April 13, 2012

Titanic Fact 2: "The Wreck of the Titan"



In 1889, Morgan Robertson wrote a fictional novel called "The Wreck of the Titan." In the novel, it follows the journey of a ship called the "Titan." The Titan was the largest ship ever built and was called "unsinkable." One April night, the ship strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic and sinks. Sound Familiar? When Robertson tried to get the book published, they were turned down because the story was too "unbelievable."
Nearly 20 years later, the Titanic went out to sea on her maiden voyage. In 1912, she was the largest ship in the world and was called "unsinkable." On April 14th, the Titanic hit a iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic and completely sunk at around 2:20 am on the 15th. The similarities between the Titanic and the "The Wreak of the Titan" are striking. Their names were even identical.

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