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Originally Posted by DoodyLich666
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There is actually a Titanic conspiracy theory that I remember being somewhat popular. Something about the Titanic and it’s sister boat, the Olympic, being destroyed for insurance money whilst also taking out the enemies of J.P. Morgan that opposed his creation of the central bank.
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The Olympic was badly damaged in a collision with a Royal Navy cruiser, and was never really quite the same afterward. Because of its similarity with the Titanic there used to be speculation that the ships were switched and the original Olympic (masquerading as Titanic) deliberately sunk. Your version is more extreme than most. The majority of versions believe that the sinking was botched and the ship consequently sank far more rapidly than was planned; killing 1500-odd people wasn't supposed to be part of it. This theory has been debunked through both examination of ship-breakers records from when the Olympic was scrapped was well as examination of the Titanic wreck.
The full extent of Titanic's damage also generates much debate. Most folks do not realize the ship was much more badly damaged than is commonly described; it was damaged in a location where it could only have survived two compartments being flooded but it had at least four seriously breached, with additional damage to at least one more and possibly even more than that. There are other claims and theories, such as that the helmsman in a panic accidentally turned the wheel the wrong way and lost precious seconds because White Star was still using old-fashioned tiller commands which involve turning the wheel in the opposite direction from what you'd normally think of.
Danth