It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the
RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out
into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage. By all accounts,
the liner was at the time the largest man-made object ever to move
on water. The space her decks created allowed her designers to
introduce previously unseen levels of luxury. In first class, for
example, there were many new features such as squash courts, a
Turkish bath, a gymnasium, a barber shop and even the first
swimming pool built on board a ship. There was also the bold claim
by its builders that Titanic was practically unsinkable'. Sadly,
just four days later, this assertion was found wanting. At 23.40
hours on the evening of 14 April, Titanic struck an iceberg. In
less than three hours she had slipped beneath the waves. While the
liner's loss has been the subject of numerous films, documentaries
and publications in the years that followed, in this book the
author James W. Bancroft asks if the RMS Titanic had been doomed to
a watery grave even before it sailed? Certainly, many people
experienced feelings of foreboding about the ship, and there were
many strange omens and unexplained events surrounding its
construction and maiden voyage. A novel written many years before
Titanic was built mirrored almost exactly the details of the
disaster, and the well-known spiritualist, W.T. Stead, wrote a
story of a similar nature. As a passenger on the ship, he seemed to
have accepted his fate and did not try to save himself. Even
animals seem to have sensed danger, such as the dog which tried to
stop its owner from travelling to board the vessel, and Titanic's
cat had kittens and was seen taking them all off the liner before
it sailed. The voyage was fatefully delayed for three weeks, and at
least fifty travellers had forebodings about the Ghost Ship', some
of whom missed the sailing or refused to board. Following years of
research, James has uncovered some 100 fascinating stories
concerning omens and premonitions of people who sailed - or in fact
decided not to - on the ill-fated liner. This is the first time
that all of these incidents have been brought together. Together
they provide an unusual insight into the Titanic disaster.
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