Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning

  • UncleArthur@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Possibly. It was never said to be unsinkable, that was a myth. Certainly any ship can be sunk by poor seamanship or adverse circumstances.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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      15 days ago

      As with much of titanic lore, the myth of it being a myth is… a myth. Harland & Wolff publicity claimed it to be so, and this then made its way into the pages of the trade journal The Shipbuilder in 1911.

      However, many historians including the Maritime Museum at Greenwich have fallen for the myth about the myth, so that’s some comfort.