TRUE. This incident is brilliantly described in the following passage from Titanic and other Ships, the memoirs of Titanic’s Second
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107 #15: Titanic was carrying gold bullion
FALSE. This is a myth in the case of the Titanic, although in 1917 the White Star liner Laurentic was
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107 #14: Titanic was on fire when she left Southampton
TRUE. The fire may have started as early as Tuesday 2nd April, when the Titanic was still in Belfast, in
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107 #13: Titanic was filled to capacity on her maiden voyage
FALSE. Titanic was only about half full as she carried approximately 1,308 passengers on her maiden voyage, but had the
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107 #12: Titanic was sunk by a mummy’s curse
FALSE. There is no evidence that any mummy was ever put on board the Titanic. The mummy tale, in a
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107 #11: Titanic’s construction, launch and sailing were plagued by bad luck
FALSE. Although it is easy to see how this rumour developed, with the benefit of hindsight. Working in a shipyard
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