TRUE. In his 1898 novella entitled Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, Robertson told the story of a ‘superliner’
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107 #7: Titanic’s owners opposed the addition of more lifeboats, in order to give passengers more room on the promenade decks
TRUE. The White Star Line knew that the Board of Trade was about to change the regulations, and they thought
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107 #6: Titanic: Regulations stated that there should be enough lifeboats for everyone on board
FALSE. Before the Titanic disaster, lifeboats for all were not required on passenger liners, in cases where these ships were
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107 #5: Titanic’s owners were trying to save money in her construction, causing them to cut corners on quality and safety
FALSE. The Olympic-class was the White Star Line’s answer to the revolution in shipbuilding brought by Cunard with the Mauretania
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107 #4: Titanic was originally to have been named Gigantic
FALSE. But her younger sister, Britannic, may have been initially intended to have that name. Press speculation about a White
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107 #3: Titanic was genuinely believed to be unsinkable
TRUE. As White Star Chairman and Titanic survivor Joseph Bruce Ismay confirmed at the British enquiry: 18755: ‘I think the
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