FALSE. She was, in fact, on the longer route to New York, known as the southern track, which was agreed
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107 #20: Owner Ismay acted as a ‘Super-Captain’ and ordered Captain Smith to maintain full speed despite the unusual ice warnings they had received
FALSE. We have seen that Ismay did urge Captain Smith to get into New York early; and we know that
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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
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107 #18: Titanic was trying to win the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing
FALSE. As we have seen, Titanic could never have achieved this. She was not the fastest liner, nor was she
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107 #17: Captain Smith was accident-prone
TRUE. But only in this new class of liner. Captain Smith had not become one of the most successful and
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107 #16: Titanic nearly collided with another ship as she left Southampton
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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