Everyone on earth knows the tragic story of the Titanic ship that sank in 1912 (mostly because of the 1997 film) but what most of the people on earth don't know is that it was no accident!! Thats right,it was a planned disaster from the very beginning.
The Theory-
Whitestar Line was running up so much cost on their disaster of a ship 'The RMS Olympic' due to its constant repairs. They were also running up serious cost on building their new ship,the 'Titanic'... Bruce Ismay and J.P Morgan (The chairman and owner of Whitestar Line) came up with an idea to make back all their losses on both ships.
When the 'Titanic' was being built,it was next to the 'RMS Olympic' which was getting repaired in Belfast. So the pair planned to switch the I.D plates on the ships and let the very unreliable 'RMS Olympic' sail under the name Titanic. The reasoning behind this was they would let the ship sink and claim the colossal insurance money off the Titanic which would sink on her "maiden voyage." They would have another of their ships nearby as to save all the passengers and crew of the sunken ship so Whitestar line would be hailed as heroes.
The suspicious facts that back up the theory-
It is believed to be bad luck to rename a ship,which may explain the fact that as the Titanic was leaving Belfast one of her rooms was re-named "The Olympic room". Was this done by superstitious ship owners?
The day the passage was to begin, owner of Whitestar Line J.P Morgan cancelled his trip withholding any explanation as to why. Did he want to avoid the commotion that was to ensue?
The day of the sinking, the Titanic was given an unscheduled change of direction. Was this so they could get on course with an iceberg so as to sink the ship?However,this back fired horribly as it was this change in course that led to the ship being hours from any other ship to rescue them. Thus killing 1500 people.
Why did Bruce Ismay order the captain to go full steam ahead right after being given several ice berg warnings?
When a ship is sinking,it is a custom for the captain and the builder/owner of the ship to go down with it. The captain did his duty but Bruce Ismay escaped with his life on one of the life boats. Is this because he wasn't planning on dying,did he plan to survive the sinking from the very beginning of the voyage?
Its nearly 100 years later,and the question still remains- Could the sinking of the Titanic have been avoided?After this long,its hard to find the right answers. But as always,the team here at the spotlight of truth are doing our utmost to wade through the horse***t to give you the truth.
Until next time,
Kris.
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