FALSE. As we have seen, the extreme obliqueness of the blow, and the long distance along the hull over which
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107 #44: The iceberg which sank the Titanic was identified the day after by a smear of red paint along its side
TRUE (possibly). The Prinz Adalbert, a German steamer, passed near the position of Titanic’s sinking on April 15th and one
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107 #43: The lookouts had reported seeing icebergs before the collision
TRUE (possibly). We know from the water temperature that Titanic was in the ice region from 8 p.m. and that
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107 #42: If Titanic had carried searchlights, the lookouts would have seen the ice earlier.
TRUE (possibly!). In theory, searchlights would have alerted the lookouts to the fact that Titanic was at that time steaming
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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’
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107 #40: Titanic collided with a lone iceberg
TRUE. But there were dozens of icebergs, and a very large icefield in the immediate area in which Titanic sank.
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