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107 #41: Titanic struck a blue or dark iceberg

FALSE. There was some discussion at the Inquiry about whether the iceberg which Titanic struck was a ‘blue’ or ‘dark’

TRUE. But there were dozens of icebergs, and a very large icefield in the immediate area in which Titanic sank.

FALSE. Captain Smith excused himself from the Wideners’ dinner party, where he did not drink, at about 8.45 p.m., and

FALSE. Hard-a-starboard was the first order given, but this was immediately followed by the opposite order, ‘Hard-a-port’. This was a

FALSE. In fact Titanic turned very well. Her stern easily cleared the iceberg under port helm, when she had—only moments

FALSE. If Titanic had been travelling more slowly, she would also have turned more slowly. Edward Wilding, one of Titanic’s