Titanic sinking predicted in novel.

I just came across this... a novel described the Titanic disaster in great detail, published 14 yrs prior to the event.

A largely unkown prediction of the Titanic disaster,

Futility- the wreck of the Titan (1898) novellla
by Morgan Robertson

14 yrs before


Similarities to the Titanic
Although the novel was written before the Olympic-class Titanic had even been designed, there are some remarkable similarities between the fictional and real-life counterparts.
Like the Titanic, the fictional ship sank in April in the North Atlantic, and there were not enough lifeboats for the passengers. There are also similarities between the size (800*ft long for Titan versus 882*ft 9 in long for the Titanic[2]), speed (25 knots for Titan, 22.5 knots for Titanic[3]) and life-saving equipment.
Beyond the name, the similarities between the Titanic and the fictional Titan include:[4]
▪ Both were triple screw (propeller)
▪ Described as "unsinkable"
▪ The Titanic was the world's largest luxury liner (882 feet, displacing 63,000 long tons), and was once described by newspapers as being "practically unsinkable". [5]
▪ The Titan was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men (800 feet, displacing 75,000 tons, up from 45,000 in the 1898 edition), and was considered "unsinkable".
▪ Shortage of lifeboats
▪ The Titanic carried only 16 lifeboats, plus 4 Engelhardt folding lifeboats,[6] less than half the number required for her passenger and crew capacity of 3000.
▪ The Titan carried "as few as the law allowed", 24 lifeboats, less than half needed for her 3000 capacity.
▪ Struck an iceberg
▪ Moving at 22½ knots, [7] the Titanic struck an iceberg on the starboard side on the night of April 14, 1912 in the North Atlantic 400 miles away from Newfoundland.
▪ Also on an April night, in the North Atlantic 400 miles from Newfoundland (Terranova), the Titan hit an iceberg while traveling at 25 knots, also on the starboard side.
▪ Sinking
▪ The unsinkable Titanic sank, and more than half of her 2200 passengers and crew died.
▪ The indestructible Titan also sank, more than half of her 2500 passengers drowning.
▪ Went down bow first, the Titan actually capsizing before it sank.

[Adrienne]

Very interesting find Henri, almost eerie.....

That book was written by an author who was planted by the establishment, the man, big brother; aka the anti-christ who sets up all the big disasters in the world... He also known as Tom Cruise, that guy is eternal...

I had heard of this...it does make you wonder, doesn't it?
How ironic would it have been if one of the designers of the Titanic had actually read the novel.....?

[vicky3619]

I've read this some years ago.crazy isnt it ?

One wonders if it was truly intended as a warning from spirit, or simply a premonition from the collective unconscious, unknowingly created as a novel.

I understand more than one passenger cancelled at the last minute due to personal bad feelings about the trip.

Once again , mans arrogant pride proved his weakness, by providing inadequate lifeboats.


The similarities are astonishing, that's for sure

It appears around 100 crew & passengers either cancelled or simply didn't board for varied reason... either through fate (minor illness- personal affairs)
or psychic forboding.

Our local museum had a Titanic exhibit on display, but little of this, nor the novel, was mentioned, that i recall.

Here is a poem I wrote about the Titanic - written in December of 1996...

...That Shall Laugh At All Disaster

We have wandered the waves for eighty-five years, time enough
for our tomb to succumb to rust,
memories to cover with dust.

We are all of those who perished,
our generation's nemesis;
laughing at the divine to build an "unsinkable" ship.

Watching as the final lifeboat drifted slowly away,
we no longer questioned our fate;
thus bowed unto the grave's embrace.

And here we have remained, beneath
a chandelier that still sways softly in the current's breeze;
the band yet plays these haunted seas.

The Titanic was a legend, and lesson, of its time;
built of man's dream, named by his pride,
but let it's monument remind:

There are two truths in which to trust:
All ships eventually rust;
fallible man returns to dust.

Thanx , that's quite appropriate-lovely

Thank you, Henri :)