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May 19, 2019 Titanic

107 #98: Ismay developed a lifelong opiate addiction after the sinking and withdrew from society

FALSE. But he did withdraw from society to a large extent. In his book, A Night To Remember, Walter Lord

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May 18, 2019 Titanic

107 #97: The ship that sank was actually the previously damaged Olympic in an insurance scam that went wrong

FALSE. But it has nevertheless been suggested by one author that Olympic’s collision with the Navy cruiser HMS Hawke and

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May 17, 2019 Titanic

107 #96: The Titanic and her cargo were re-insured immediately after the disaster

FALSE. In fact, Titanic was only insured by third parties for two thirds of her build cost—the balance being carried

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May 16, 2019 Titanic

107 #95: One of Titanic’s lifeboats was found drifting in the Atlantic a month after the sinking with the bodies of three victims still in it

TRUE. This was collapsible A, found by the Oceanic on 13th May, 1912, several hundred miles south-east of Titanic’s wreck

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May 15, 2019 Titanic

107 #94: Bodies of first and second class Titanic passengers were taken to Halifax for burial but third class passengers were buried at sea

FALSE. The only bodies buried at sea were those which couldn’t be identified because they were recovered from the sea

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May 14, 2019 Titanic

107 #93: A higher percentage of third class men died on Titanic than second class? More women were saved than men?

FALSE. Approximately twice as many Third Class men were saved than Second Class men, as a percentage of their classes.

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