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Does anyone else have interest in the Titanic?
I have had an on/off lifelong obsession with Titanic, and of course, I now live in Southampton, where she set off from in January of 1912.

I recently found out that she did not really go down purely as a result of hitting an iceberg, but rather because of poor construction. The rivets that held the hull together were made using 9% slag rather than the 3% that would have strengthened her resistance. The result is that when the ship hit the iceberg, the rivets yielded, and once some had yielded to the pressure, the rest, unable to take the pressure, yielded too, causing a split.

It is also now believed she broke in half at a lesser angle than originally presumed...10%, and that she would have gone down sooner or later anyway as a large wave in a storm can create this level of tilt as well.

She went down just before midnight on April 15th 1912. 1520 people approx died, and just over 700 survived. 550 of those who perished came from Southampton, including most of the crew.

Anyway, anyone else had an interest in Titanic?

What do you think of the insurance-fraud theory?

I believe it to be theory and nothing more, but admittedly, I only stumbled across that today in a book in the bookstore. But to believe such a theory, one would have to start looking at other similar 'disasters' surely?

I believe it to be theory and nothing more, but admittedly, I only stumbled across that today in a book in the bookstore. But to believe such a theory, one would have to start looking at other similar 'disasters' surely?

Ive seem what seemed like a good documentary. There seemed to be enough circumstantial evidence to take the idea seriously, from what i can remember.

I think i mentioned a few points on an early 2006 titanic thread (when it was fresher in my mind).

Opening Day for Fenway Park was 20 April 20 1912. The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders (later named the Yankees) 7-6 in 11 innings before 27,000 fans. Tris Speaker drove in the winning run.

Fenway Park was actually due to open two days earlier, on 18 April 1912; however, there were two postponements due to rain.

Of course, the opening of Fenway Park was pushed off the front pages of Boston newspapers by news of the Titanic sinking. Navin Field (later known as Tiger Stadium) in Detroit opened the same day as Fenway Park.

I did when I was 12 and 13.