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  2. Titanic conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

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    Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic, and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact Titanic ' s sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam by its owners, the International Mercantile Marine Group, controlled by American ...

  3. Legends and myths regarding the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    In fact, RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic were assigned the yard numbers 400 and 401, respectively. [33] [34] Another myth is that the Titanic was transporting the supposedly cursed "Unlucky Mummy" Egyptian artifact from the British Museum to New York when it sank. However, the artifact in question is still housed in the British Museum today.

  4. Robin Gardiner - Wikipedia

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    Gardiner proposes that, to make sure at least one vessel would be earning money, the badly damaged Olympic was patched up and then converted to become the Titanic. The real Titanic when complete would then quietly enter service as the Olympic. The Titanic indeed had a list to port leaving Southampton. Inadequate trimming of cargo and bunkers ...

  5. Titanic conspiracy theory has millions of minds blown on ...

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    Mia goes on to question why advertisements for the Titanic at the time really used photos of the interior of the Olympic, and discusses how it appeared the Titanic leaving for it’s final journey ...

  6. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Edward Smith, captain of Titanic, on board the Olympic in 1911. Titanic had about 885 crew members on board for the maiden voyage. [108] Like other vessels of the time, Titanic did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before sailing from Southampton. [109]

  7. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    At the time of her entry into service on 2 April 1912, the Titanic was the second of three [b] Olympic-class ocean liners, and was the largest ship in the world. She and the earlier RMS Olympic were almost one and a half times the gross register tonnage of Cunard's RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania , the previous record holders, and were nearly ...

  8. These Rare Photos Reveal What the Inside of the Titanic ... - AOL

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    The public's fascination with the Titanic spans generations — and there's no question as to why. The $7.5 million (over $200 million today) luxury ocean liner was a representation of grandeur ...

  9. Olympic-class ocean liner - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century, named Olympic (1911), Titanic (1912) and Britannic (1915). All three were designated to be the largest as well as most luxurious liners of the era, devised to provide White Star an ...