[Jolla]

I have been fascinated by the recent disclosure of there being an ongoing file in the coal bin that weakened the hull.

[alternatives?]

“an ongoing file”

They had a file on Trump that early?

fire not file.

I read that also and was surprised how big a problem coal fires were.

[Flag_This]

The best story I’ve heard recently is that the Titanic was switched with the Olympic (a sister ship which had been badly damaged in a collision with a British warship) and deliberately sunk in an insurance scam. The California was supposed to be positioned to quickly pick up the passengers before the Titanic went down, but that last bit didn’t work out too well.

[Riley]

I have been fascinated by the recent disclosure of there being an ongoing file in the coal bin that weakened the hull.

Nothing new about it. The serious Titanic research people dismiss it as bunk.

It wasn't a raging fire, it was the sort of smouldering one that was common in the bunkers of coal burning ships.