Did The Titanic Really Sink?

April 15^th, 1912, for what was known then as the largest vessel in the world, the RMS Titanic, descended into the depths of the North Atlantic. Of the 2,224 boarding the Titanic, 1,514 share the same fate of that of the Titanic. 
The idea of Titanic was initially conceived by J.P. Morgan in 1907. Under his authority, the Titanic was set for construction through the supervision of White Star Line. At the time, Olympic, a near replica of the Titanic had been built first.

On September 20^th, 1911, under Captain Smith, the Olympic collided with a warship taking large blows resulting in holes and significant structural damage below the waterline.

 After an inquiry, it had been ascertained that Olympic was to be held accountable for the collision, and insurers refused to cover the reparation fees. It was a commercial calamity for White Star Line.

 On the February of 1912, Olympic undergoes repair in dry dock next to the Titanic after suffering propeller damages.  2 months later the Titanic sets for her first and final voyage.

However, according to writer Robin Gardiner he claims it had not been the Titanic that had sunk.

His claim has it that passenger accounts and photographic evidence indicate a design that is not consistent with the Titanic. He believes they had been switched in dry dock and the Olympic was in fact the ship that scuttled to the bottom of the Atlantic, making this the biggest insurance scandal in history. He says the tragedy that had occurred was not intended, and was merely a poor attempt in salvaging a troubled investment. However, historians argue that the damage that had been inflicted on the Olympic was insufficient for it to be classified commercially unviable as a passenger ship. Robin Gardiner argues that the official records were easily doctored by a man as powerful as J.P. Morgan.


- Marko Kovacevic

References

Katie Serena, September 2017, from This Woman Survived the Sinking Of The Titanic - And Its Two Sister Ships, accessed 06 October 2018, https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rms-olympic.jpg
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