Chapter 682: The Strange Legend of the Legendary Cruise Ship

Speaking of the Titanic, Charlotte really knows a lot.

After all, I didn't study well when I went to school, and I thought about these strange things.

The sinking of the Titanic has many speculations and illusions.

Some conspiracy theorists claim that it was the owner of the Titanic at that time, the White Star Steamship Company, who conspired to create this disaster and defraud a huge amount of insurance money.

There are also suspicions that someone manipulated this disaster to artificially create economic fluctuations!

Because there were many big rich people and elites in Britain and the United States on the ship at that time, once some negative news came out, the entire stock market would have huge ups and downs, and naturally there would be great benefits to be absorbed! So someone has set a shocking big picture in this matter.

There is some evidence for both claims.

For example:

Crew recruitment began only four days before departure, and many of the skills and operation of the new ship were not trained.

The crew didn't know how to use the folding lifeboat because no one believed they would use it.

Only one telescope, which is essential for the safety of navigation, has been prepared. And he was locked in a cabinet by the second mate. As a result, the crew inside the watchtower can only observe the icebergs with the naked eye...... The second mate didn't get on board......

There are about 55 top billionaires who have canceled their plans to board the ship a few days before departure. Some speculate that it was an inside message......

There is also a theory that the rivets in the bow of the ship were made of substandard and defective products. This led to the rapid sinking of the Titanic after hitting the iceberg. Otherwise, the IQ can hold out until the rescue arrives, and so many people will not die. I heard that it was the conclusion after salvaging the rivets on the remains of the Titanic.

Either way, it's a matter of suspicion.

And after the accident, the public opinion began a scuffle. At that time, almost none of the reports were accurate, and there was a suspicion of exaggeration.

At that time, it was said that the women and children should be allowed to get into the lifeboat first.

But in fact, in the first few lifeboats to be launched, it was not only women and children who were rescued, but almost half of the rescued were men, and almost all of them were first-class male passengers.

According to some passenger records and calculations of latecomers, there were 319 passengers in the first class of the Titanic at that time, and 200 survived, with a survival rate of 63%; There were 269 passengers in the second class, of which 117 survived, a survival rate of 43%; There were 699 passengers in the third class, and 172 survived, a survival rate of 25%.

If it is true that "let women and children get on the ship first", it may be that there are more women and children in upper class?

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And what: Captain Smith who finally locked himself in the cockpit and lived with the ship, the band that was still playing when the ship was wrecked, and the fearlessness of several male first-class passengers, etc.

These stories create a sublime scene that deeply moves Americans and Britons for their noble racial image. In particular, they portrayed the first-class American tycoons and politicians as big heroes.

This led to the age-old verdict that no one was responsible, but no one was left to blame.

Therefore, the whole thing is quite suspicious of advertorials. Some people want to buy good things in this way, so that people can accept this disaster more easily.

Later, from the survivors' accounts, it was learned that from the captain to the sailor, they were all drunk. Despite the constant warnings of ice floes, the captain continued to increase his speed.

For the White Star Steamship Company, this is a scandal involving the company's reputation due to the criminal negligence of the crew. For the White Star Company is an out-and-out blow, they must do something.

So, if this is a post-disaster crisis PR, it may be possible to "turn a bad thing into a good thing".

And the Titanic itself is legendary.

First of all, during the construction of the Titanic, 246 people were injured, of which 28 were seriously injured; Six people died in accidents on the slipway, two in sheds and processing yards, and one person was killed by falling wood before going into the water.

A veritable ship of the damned!

There is also a very strange situation:

In 1898, the British writer Morgan Robertson wrote a book called "In Vain".

Wrote about an unsinkable luxury ship named Titan, which sailed from Britain on its maiden voyage to the United States across the ocean.

It was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship ever seen in the history of human navigation, equipped with all the luxurious amenities of the time, full of wealthy passengers, and people enjoyed themselves on this huge ship. However, on its first voyage, the giant ship hit an iceberg on its way and sank tragically, leaving many passengers at the bottom of the sea.

No one could have imagined that this story would become an unfortunate reality fourteen years later!

On the night of April 15, 1912, the Titanic, the largest luxury passenger liner at that time, sank due to hitting an iceberg.

After the tragedy, some people remembered this article and found that in addition to the almost identical names of the ships, there are many extreme similarities between the two: both ships sank on their first voyage, the cause of which was that they both hit an iceberg, the accident site was in the North Atlantic, the time of the voyage of both ships was in April, and the route was from England to the United States.

The number of passengers and crew written on the "Titan" is three thousand, and the number of passengers and crew on the "Titanic" is almost three thousand; The estimated weight of the Titan is 70,000 tons, and the actual weight of the Titanic is 66,000 tons; The Titan is 800 feet long, and the Titanic is slightly more than 880 feet long; The number of propellers of both ships is three, and the speed of collision with the iceberg is 23 knots; The reason for the heavy casualties of the passengers after the accidents on both ships was because the lifeboats on board were not enough......

What else can we say?

Maybe the writer was a prophet who saw a picture of the future?

Another story: on September 24, 1990, a trawler was sailing in the North Atlantic, about 360 kilometers southwest of Iceland, when Captain Karl suddenly spotted a figure on an iceberg nearby.

He held up his binoculars to look at the figure and noticed a distressed woman on the iceberg making a distress gesture, dressed in a very outdated outfit.

When she was rescued on board, the captain asked her for some personal information and why she was here, and she actually replied: I am a passenger on the Titanic, my name is Vinnicourt, I am 29 years old, and when the ship sank, I was pushed onto the iceberg by a huge wave, but fortunately your ship arrived to save me.

And it was later found that she was mentally normal, in addition to the shock of the shipwreck, the blood and hair tests also proved that she was indeed about 30 years old. What's going on?

Since he disappeared in 1912, there is no sign of aging at all?! And there was indeed Mrs. Court on the Titanic's passenger list......

Less than a year after this happened. On August 9, 1991, a European scientific oceanographic research ship found a man in his 60s sitting on an iceberg 387 kilometers southwest of Iceland.

Dressed in the captain's uniform of the beginning of the century, he quietly smoked his pipe and looked out to sea.

But who would have thought that he was Captain Smith of the "Titanic" that sank in the Atlantic Ocean 80 years ago. Captain Smith was rescued aboard the scientific research ship and immediately sent to Oslo.

In the hospital, after careful examination by the famous psychiatrist psychologist Dr. Yu Lante, he was found to be physically and mentally normal.

On August 18, 1991, the heads of the scientific research vessel, the famous oceanographer Dr. Adlane and the pathologist Dr. Harrant, held a press conference to announce to the European press:

Fingerprints, photo verifications and voyage records by British maritime agencies indicate that the rescued old man is indeed Captain Smith, who is now over 140 years old......

Later, because of this incident, some people put forward the hypothesis of a space-time tunnel. After saying that it was a shipwreck, some people were involved in the space-time tunnel......

But someone else asked: What about the ship? Didn't the boat go along?

It turns out: the ship also crossed. It's just a time trip to Charlotte......

In any case, the regret of this Titanic is also a big treasure.

Although it is now broken in two, it is still extremely valuable!

You must know that the Liaoning has a displacement of 67,000 tons and a total length of 306 meters, which is only a little larger than the Titanic!

This is a small aircraft carrier! Even if the steel is dismantled and recycled, it is a great fortune!

Of course, that's the worst option, and Charlotte has other options to choose from.

Like, as the system says, transform it into a giant ghost ship!

Another example is to transform into an air-space aircraft carrier like S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Avengers!

And maybe after it's repaired, this ship can still become a ship mother?!

Value, value, value! It's worth it! That's the value of 500 fate points!

Charlotte thinks that this ship can still be saved! It has to be salvaged!