Did titanic really sink?
Great question! One of the most controversial and complex theories was put forward by Robin Gardiner in his book, ‘TITANIC: The Ship That Never Sank? In it, Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic, and concludes that the ship that hit sank was in fact the Titanic’s sister-ship RMS Olympic, disguised as the Titanic, as an insurance scam. The Olympic was the older sister to the Titanic, built alongside the more famous vessel but launched in October 1910. Her exterior profile was nearly identical to the Titanic, save for small detailing such as the promenade deck windows. These were not glazed in the Olympic. In the Titanic the front half of the promenade deck was fitted with smaller glazed windows to protect passengers from spray. On 20 September 1911, the Olympic was involved in a collision with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke near Southampton. The cruiser smashed its ram into the side of th
