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It wasn’t just an iceberg that led to the infamous tragedy

It wasn’t just an iceberg that led to the infamous tragedy

The story of the Titanic - the luxury liner that was advertised as unsinkable but sunk after hitting an iceberg - is well known. Approximately 1,500 people lost their lives.

 

 Even after a century, the Titanic story is still developing. A major missing piece is that the Titanic was on fire for days as it was sailing, and the crew could not put it out.

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Different theories to the cause of the disaster

Different theories to the cause of the disaster

According to journalist Senan Molony, who have been studying the Titanic for over 30 years, the ship left port with a fire on board because the White Star Line (operator of the Titanic) was in financial trouble. As a result, the Titanic needed to sail on schedule, or the company may have folded.

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Coal fires can’t just be “put out”

Generally, coal fire is challenging to deal with and is near impossible to put out. On a ship in tight quarters, it’s even more difficult.

The area in the coal bunker where the fire broke out was next to the main bulkhead of the ship. According to the coal stokers and firef...

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The ship struck an iceberg

When the Titanic struck an iceberg, it tore into its hull. But the bulkhead compartments appeared to be holding the water back. 

The Titanic’s designer aboard the ship seemed to think the ship wouldn’t sink as long as the bulkheads held up - except that one of the main bulkheads had been da...

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The Titanic was running at full speed

Despite warnings of icebergs in the area, the Titanic ran full speed when crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The excessive speed could have been caused by the firefighting onboard.

To fight the fire, the stokers had been shovelling the burning coal into furnaces for three days to burn the fire aw...

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