heard the same story about the titanic tragedy being some insurance fraud ...
but it doesn`t really make sense....
http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/id45.html
the olympic

these ships seemed to attract collisions
the britannic
now they should have done it like the japanese: the (nearly) unsinkable YAMATO. (same size as the titanic (length))
it took 12 bomb and 7 torpedo hits including their own ammunition on board exploding ...to sink it.