Titanic conspiracy theories

Short description: Pseudohistory of RMS Titanic

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Illustration of the sinking of the Titanic

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg, damaging the hull's plates below the waterline on the starboard side, causing the front compartments to flood. The ship then sank two hours and forty minutes later, with approximately 1,496 fatalities as a result of drowning or hypothermia.[1] Since then, many conspiracy theories have been suggested regarding the disaster. These theories have been refuted by subject-matter experts.

## Contents

* 1 Olympic exchange hypothesis
* 2 Deliberately sunk
* 3 Closed watertight doors
* 4 Expansion joints hypothesis
* 5 Fire in coal bunker
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 Bibliography
* 9 External links

## Olympic exchange hypothesis

One of the controversial[2][3] and elaborate theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic was advanced by Robin Gardiner in his book Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank? (1998).[4] 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 sank was in fact Titanic's sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam by its owners, the International Mercantile Marine Group, controlled by American financier J. P. Morgan that had acquired the White Star Line in 1902.

A photograph of the RMS Olympic.

Researchers Bruce Beveridge and Steve Hall took issue with many of Gardiner's claims in their book Olympic and Titanic: The Truth Behind the Conspiracy (2004).[2] Author Mark Chirnside has also raised serious questions about the switch theory.[3] British historian Gareth Russell, in his book, The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of The Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era, (2019) calls the theory "so painfully ridiculous that one can only lament the thousands of trees which lost their lives to provide the paper on which it has been articulated." He notes that, "since the sister ships had significant interior architectural and design differences, switching them secretly in a week would be nearly impossible from a practical standpoint. A switch would also not be economically worthwhile, since the ship's owners could have simply damaged the ship while docked (for instance, by setting a fire) and collected the insurance money from that 'accident', which would have been far less severe, and infinitely less stupid, than sailing her out into the middle of the Atlantic with thousands of people, and their luggage, on board, and ramming her into an iceberg".[5] Maritime historian Chris Frame also noted, the Olympic and Titanic were at vastly different stages of construction when the two ships met in both 1911 and 1912, noting: “It is far more profitable to run a ship for decades than to sink it for a one-time payment. Sinking the Olympic for an insurance claim would have been a terrible business decision.” [6] Furthermore, maritime researcher Mike Brady has published extensive video analysis of the theory in which he notes an attempt to “set the record straight on Gardiner's theory and reveal the truth behind the great Titanic conspiracy theory; the greatest fraud in modern historiography.” [7]

## Deliberately sunk

Another claim that started gaining traction in late 2017 alleges that J. P. Morgan deliberately sank the ship in order to kill off several millionaires who were in opposition to the Federal Reserve. The claim appears as early as 2002 in the book The Secret Terrorists by conspiracy theorist Bill Hughes, where it is purported that the sinking of the Titanic was part of a larger Jesuit plot to create a central bank in the United States.[8] Some of the wealthiest men in the world were aboard the Titanic for her maiden voyage, several of whom, including John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor Straus, were allegedly opposed to the creation of a U.S. central bank.[9] No evidence of their opposition to Morgan's centralized banking ideas has been found: Astor and Guggenheim never spoke publicly on the subject, while Straus spoke in favour of the concept.[10][11] All three men died during the sinking. Conspiracy theorists suggest that Morgan arranged to have the men board the ship and then sunk it to eliminate them.[12] Morgan cancelled his ticket for Titanic's maiden voyage due to a reported illness, while Guggenheim had not purchased a ticket before Morgan's cancellation.[13] Morgan, nicknamed the "Napoleon of Wall Street", had helped create General Electric, U.S. Steel, and International Harvester, is the namesake of JPMorgan Chase, and was credited with almost single-handedly saving the U.S. banking system during the Panic of 1907. Morgan did have a hand in the creation of the Federal Reserve, and owned the International Mercantile Marine, which owned the White Star Line, and thus the Titanic.[14]

Morgan, who had attended the Titanic's launching in 1911, had booked a personal suite aboard the ship with his own private promenade deck and a bath equipped with specially designed cigar holders. He was reportedly booked on the ship's maiden voyage but instead cancelled the trip and remained at the French resort of Aix-les-Bains to enjoy his morning massages and sulfur baths.[14] His allegedly last-minute cancellation has fuelled speculation among conspiracy theorists that he knew of the ship's fate.[12][15] This theory has been refuted by Titanic experts George Behe, Don Lynch, and Ray Lepien who have each provided alternate, more widely accepted theories as to why Morgan cancelled his trip.[16]

Conspiracy theorist Stew Peters has advanced an alternative version of the theory, alleging the Rothschilds were behind both the Federal Reserve and the Titanic’s sinking. Peters also claimed that the Titan submersible implosion in 2023 was orchestrated via sabotage in order to prevent its own passengers from discovering that the Titanic was sunk by a "controlled demolition" instead of an iceberg.[17]

## Closed watertight doors

Another theory involves Titanic's watertight doors. This theory suggests that if these doors had been opened, the Titanic would have settled on an even keel and therefore, perhaps, remained afloat long enough for rescue ships to arrive. However, this theory has been rebutted for two reasons: first, the first four compartments were naturally watertight, thus it was impossible to lower the concentration of water in the bow significantly. Second, Bedford and Hacket have shown by calculations that any significant amount of water aft of boiler room No. 4 would have resulted in capsizing of the Titanic, which would have occurred about 30 minutes earlier than the actual time of sinking.[18] Additionally, the lighting would have been lost about 70 minutes after the collision due to the flooding of the boiler rooms.[18] Bedford and Hacket also analyzed the hypothetical case that there were no bulkheads at all. Then, the vessel would have capsized about 70 minutes before the actual time of sinking and lighting would have been lost about 40 minutes after the collision.

Later, in a 1998 documentary titled Titanic: Secrets Revealed,[19] the Discovery Channel ran model simulations which also rebutted this theory. The simulations indicated that opening Titanic's watertight doors would have caused the ship to capsize earlier than it actually sank by more than a half-hour, supporting the findings of Bedford and Hacket.

## Expansion joints hypothesis

Breakup suspected by Long

Titanic researchers continued to debate the causes and mechanics of the ship's breakup. According to his book, A Night to Remember, Walter Lord described Titanic as assuming an "absolutely perpendicular" position shortly before its final plunge.[20] This view remained largely unchallenged even after the wreck was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985, which confirmed that Titanic had broken in two pieces at or near the surface; paintings by noted marine artist Ken Marschall and as imagined onscreen in James Cameron's film Titanic, both depicted the ship attaining a steep angle prior to the breakup.[21] Most researchers acknowledged that Titanic's aft expansion joint—designed to allow for flexing of the hull in a seaway—played little to no role in the ship's breakup,[22] though debate continued as to whether the ship had broken from the top downwards or from the bottom upwards.

In 2005, a History Channel expedition to the wreck site scrutinized two large sections of Titanic's keel, which constituted the portion of the ship's bottom from immediately below the site of the break. With assistance from naval architect Roger Long, the team analysed the wreckage and developed a new break-up scenario[23] which was publicised in the television documentary Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces in 2006. One hallmark of this new theory was the claim that Titanic's angle at the time of the breakup was far less than had been commonly assumed—according to Long, no greater than 11°.

Long also suspected that Titanic's breakup may have begun with the premature failure of the ship's aft expansion joint, and ultimately exacerbated the loss of life by causing Titanic to sink faster than anticipated. In 2006, the History Channel sponsored dives on Titanic's newer sister ship, Britannic, which verified that the design of Britannic's expansion joints was superior to that incorporated in the Titanic.[24] To further explore Long's theory, the History Channel commissioned a new computer simulation by JMS Engineering. The simulation, whose results were featured in the 2007 documentary Titanic's Achilles Heel, partially refuted Long's suspicions by demonstrating that Titanic's expansion joints were strong enough to deal with any and all stresses the ship could reasonably be expected to encounter in service and, during the sinking, actually outperformed their design specifications.[25] But, most important is that the expansion joints were part of the superstructure, which was situated above the strength deck (B-deck) and therefore above the top of the structural hull girder. Thus, the expansion joints had no meaning for the support of the hull. They played no role in the breaking of the hull. They simply opened up and parted as the hull flexed or broke beneath them.

Brad Matsen's 2008 book Titanic's Last Secrets endorses the expansion joint theory.[26]

One common oversight is the fact that the collapse of the first funnel at a relatively shallow angle occurred when the forward expansion joint, over which several funnels stays crossed, opened as the hull was beginning to stress. The opening of the joint stretched and snapped the stays. The forward momentum of the ship as she took a sudden lurch forwards and downwards sent the unsupported funnel toppling onto the starboard bridge wing.

One theory that would support the fracturing of the hull is that the Titanic partly grounded on the shelf of ice below the waterline as she collided with the iceberg, perhaps damaging the keel and underbelly. Later during the sinking, it was noticed that Boiler Room four flooded from below the floor grates rather than from over the top of the watertight bulkhead. This would be consistent with additional damage along the keel compromising the integrity of the hull.

## Fire in coal bunker

This claim states that fire began in one of Titanic's coal bunkers approximately 10 days prior to the ship's departure, and continued to burn for several days into the voyage.[27][28] Fires occurred frequently on board steamships due to spontaneous combustion of the coal.[29] The fires had to be extinguished with fire hoses, by moving the coal on top to another bunker and by removing the burning coal and feeding it into the furnace.[30] This event has led some authors to theorize that the fire exacerbated the effects of the iceberg collision, by reducing the structural integrity of the hull and a critical bulkhead.[31][32]

Senan Molony has suggested that attempts to extinguish the fire – by shoveling burning coals into the engine furnaces – may have been the primary reason for the Titanic steaming at full speed prior to the collision, despite ice warnings.[33] Most experts disagree. Samuel Halpern has concluded that "the bunker fire would not have weakened the watertight bulkhead sufficiently to cause it to collapse."[34][35] Also, it has been alternatively suggested that the coal bunker fire actually helped Titanic to last longer during the sinking and prevented the ship from rolling over to starboard after the impact, due to the subtle port list created by the moving of coal inside the ship prior to the encounter with the iceberg.[36] Some of these foremost Titanic experts have published a detailed rebuttal of Molony's claims.[37]

## See also

* Encyclopedia Titanica - Online encyclopedia about the Titanic
* Legends and myths regarding the Titanic - "Unsinkable" ship and other made-up details

## References

1. ↑ Shetty, M. R. (2003-02-01). "Cause of death among passengers on the Titanic" (in English). The Lancet 361 (9355): 438. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12423-3. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 12573421.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bruce Beveridge and Steve Hall (2004). Olympic & Titanic: The Truth Behind the Conspiracy. Infinity Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7414-1949-1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mark Chirnside (2006). "Olympic & Titanic – An Analysis of the Robin Gardiner Conspiracy Theory". http://www.markchirnside.co.uk/pdfs/Conspiracy_Dissertation.pdf.
4. ↑ Robin Gardiner (1998). Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2633-9.
5. ↑ Gareth Russell (October 2025). The ship of dreams: the sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Edwardian era. Atria Books. pp. 106-107. ISBN 9781501176722.
6. ↑ Chris Frame (2025). "The tale of two sisters: Separating fiction from fact". https://substack.com/home/post/p-171338301.
7. ↑ Mike Brady Ocea. liner designs (2024). "Titanic Conspiracy: The Full Truth". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lktluZgEAvA&feature=youtu.be.
8. ↑ Hughes, Bill (2002). The Secret Terrorists. Tangerine, Fla.: Triumphant Truth. p. 59. OCLC 1036849244.
9. ↑ "The Craziest Titanic Conspiracy Theories, Explained" (in en). 2023-06-22. https://www.history.com/news/titanic-sinking-conspiracy-myths-jp-morgan-olympic.
10. ↑ "Hoarding by Banks a Cause of Panic; This, Stewart Browne Says, Is the Objection to Aldrich Plan, Which Does Not Stop It." (in en-US). The New York Times. 1911-10-18. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/18/archives/hoarding-by-banks-a-cause-of-panic-this-stewart-browne-says-is-the.html.
11. ↑ "Isidor Straus Urges New Banking Plan; Replies to J.J. Hill's Attack on the National Reserve Association Scheme." (in en-US). The New York Times. 1911-10-16. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/16/archives/isidor-straus-urges-new-banking-plan-replies-to-jj-hills-attack-on.html.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The Craziest Titanic Conspiracy Theories, Explained". 25 February 2019. https://www.history.com/news/titanic-sinking-conspiracy-myths-jp-morgan-olympic.
13. ↑ Spilman, Rick (2020-09-07). "QAnon Conspiracy: Did J.P. Morgan Sink the Titanic?" (in en-US). https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2020/09/qanon-conspiracy-did-j-p-morgan-sink-the-titanic/.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Daugherty, Greg. "Seven Famous People Who Missed the Titanic" (in en). Smithsonian. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seven-famous-people-who-missed-the-titanic-101902418/#PODpDOtwrWUc0xYc.99.
15. ↑ "5 wild conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic". https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-sinking-conspiracy-theories-2018-4?r=US&IR=T.
16. ↑ "Corrected-Fact Check-J.P. Morgan did not sink the Titanic to push forward plans for the U.S. Federal Reserve" (in en). Reuters. 2021-03-17. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-titanic-conspiracy-idUSL1N2LF18G.
17. ↑ "The RNC is partnering with the Republican Jewish Coalition and Rumble — a virulently antisemitic platform — for the third GOP debate". 16 October 2023. https://www.mediamatters.org/rumble/rnc-partnering-republican-jewish-coalition-and-rumble-virulently-antisemitic-platform-third.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Hacket C. and Bedford, J.G. (1996). The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic – Investigated by Modern Techniques. The Northern Ireland Branch of the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 26 March 1996 and the Joint Meeting of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 10 December 1996
19. ↑ "Titanic: Secrets Revealed (TV Movie 1998)". IMDb. 3 April 1998. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158274/.
20. ↑ Walter Lord (1956). A Night to Remember. Bantam. p. 79. ISBN 0553010603.
21. ↑ Don Lynch and Ken Marschall (1992). Titanic: An Illustrated History. Hyperion. pp. 136, 139. ISBN 1562829181.
22. ↑ Robert D. Ballard (1987). The Discovery of the Titanic. Warner Books. ISBN 0446513857.
23. ↑ "The Break Up". The History Channel. http://www.titanic2006.com.
24. ↑ Mark Chirnside. "The Olympic' Class's Expansion Joints". titanic-model.com. http://titanic-model.com/articles/markchirnside3/index.shtml.
25. ↑ JMS Engineering study. "RMS Titanic: Complete Hull Failure Following Collision with Iceberg". http://www.shipstructure.org/case_studies/RMSTitanic.pdf.
26. ↑ Brad Matsen (October 2008). Titanic's Last Secrets. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9780446582056. https://archive.org/details/titanicslastsecr00mats.
27. ↑ Titanic doomed by the fire raging below decks, says new theory – The Independent. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
28. ↑ "Titanic Conspiracies" (in en). Titanic Conspiracies | Stuff They Don't Want You to Know. 2017-10-06. http://www.stufftheydontwantyoutoknow.com/podcasts/titanic.htm.
29. ↑ Halpern & Weeks 2011, p. 122.
30. ↑ Titanic Research & Modeling Association: Coal Bunker Fire
31. ↑ Huge fire ripped through Titanic before it struck an iceberg, fresh evidence suggests – The Telegraph. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016
32. ↑ Titanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire, not iceberg, claim experts – The Independent. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
33. ↑ Titanic Disaster: New Theory Fingers Coal Fire – Geological Society of America. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
34. ↑ Fire Down Below \- by Samuel Halpern. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
35. ↑ Halpern & Weeks 2011, pp. 122–126.
36. ↑ Titanic's Guardian Angel – by Parks Stephenson. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
37. ↑ Titanic: Fire & Ice (Or What You Will) Various Authors. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

## Bibliography

* Halpern, Samuel; Weeks, Charles (2011). "Description of the Damage to the Ship". in Halpern, Samuel. Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic: A Centennial Reappraisal. Stroud, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-6210-3.

## External links

* Was there a fire aboard Titanic?, CBC News
* Olympic & Titanic – An Analysis Of The Robin Gardiner Conspiracy Theory

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Popular culture
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| Books|

* The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1898)
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Films|

* Saved from the Titanic (1912)
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Television|

* A Night to Remember (1956)
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* Titanic (1996)
* No Greater Love (1996)
* "A Flight to Remember" (Futurama) (1999)
* Titanic (2012)
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Music|

* "The Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)" (folk song)
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* "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion song)
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Video games|

* Titanic (1996)
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Museums
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* SeaCity Museum (Southampton)
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* RMS Titanic (1912)
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* MS Estonia (1994)
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Incidents|

* Tunguska (1908)
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* Maury Island (1947)
* Roswell (1947)
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* Mantell (1948)
* McMinnville (1950)
* Lubbock (1951)
* Washington, D.C. (1952)
* Barney and Betty Hill Abduction (1961)
* Kecksburg (1965)
* Westall (1966)
* Jimmy Carter (1969)
* Frederick Valentich (1978)
* Rendlesham Forest (1980)
* Cash-Landrum (1980)
* Japan Air Lines (1986)
* Varginha (1996)
* Phoenix Lights (1997)
* USS Nimitz (2004)
* Chicago (2006)

United States
government

* Apollo Moon landings
* Barack Obama's citizenship / religion / parentage
* Belgrade Chinese embassy bombing (1999)
* Black genocide
* CIA-Kennedy assassination link
* Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin Laden
* Dulles' Plan
* FEMA concentration camps
* HAARP
* Jade Helm 15 (2015)
* Montauk Project
* October Surprise (1980)
* Pizzagate (2016)
* Philadelphia Experiment (1943)
* Project Azorian (1974)
* QAnon
* Sandy Hook shooting (2012)
* Seth Rich (2016)
* Sovereign citizen / Redemption movement
* Vast right-wing conspiracy
* Vietnam War POW / MIA issue
* TWA Flight 800 (1996)

Health, energy,
environment

* Chemtrails
* Electronic harassment
* Free energy suppression
* Global warming
* HIV/AIDS origins
* HIV/AIDS denialism
* SARS (2003)
* Vaccine controversies
* Water fluoridation

Other|

* 2012 phenomenon
* Agenda 21 (1992)
* Andinia Plan
* Cancellation of the Avro Arrow (1959)
* Bible
* Clockwork Orange (1970s)
* Conspiracy Encyclopedia
* Cultural Marxism
* "Death" of Paul McCartney (1969)
* Judeo-Bolshevism
* Judeopolonia
* Homintern
* Homosexual recruitment
* Knights Templar
* Lilla Saltsjöbadsavtalet (1987)
* Love Jihad
* Mexican Reconquista
* New Coke (1985)
* Phantom time / New Chronology
* Red mercury
* Soft coup
* George Soros
* War against Islam
* White genocide

See also|

* Denial of mass killings (list)
* Genocide denial

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