TRUE. The fire may have started as early as Tuesday 2nd April, when the Titanic was still in Belfast, in
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107 #13: Titanic was filled to capacity on her maiden voyage
FALSE. Titanic was only about half full as she carried approximately 1,308 passengers on her maiden voyage, but had the
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107 #12: Titanic was sunk by a mummy’s curse
FALSE. There is no evidence that any mummy was ever put on board the Titanic. The mummy tale, in a
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107 #11: Titanic’s construction, launch and sailing were plagued by bad luck
FALSE. Although it is easy to see how this rumour developed, with the benefit of hindsight. Working in a shipyard
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107 #10: A worker was accidentally sealed into Titanic’s hull when she was under construction in Belfast
FALSE. Although stories of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship, the Great Eastern, suggest that this myth may have originated there, where
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107 #9: Catholic workers at Harland and Wolff sabotaged Titanic because her hull number was anti-Catholic
FALSE. This myth is based on the mistaken belief that Titanic’s hull number was 3909 04 which, if seen reflected,
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