Titanic Archives < Page 16 of 24

107 #19: Titanic was short of coal because of a coal strike

FALSE. Although Ismay mentioned this to defend himself against charges of speeding and there was a shortage of coal at

FALSE. As we have seen, Titanic could never have achieved this. She was not the fastest liner, nor was she

TRUE. But only in this new class of liner. Captain Smith had not become one of the most successful and

TRUE. This incident is brilliantly described in the following passage from Titanic and other Ships, the memoirs of Titanic’s Second

FALSE. This is a myth in the case of the Titanic, although in 1917 the White Star liner Laurentic was

TRUE. The fire may have started as early as Tuesday 2nd April, when the Titanic was still in Belfast, in