A long held conspiracy theory regarding the sinking of the Titanic was dispelled yesterday when a submersible took underwater photographs of the Titanic on the sea bed.
It had long been thought that the iceberg was not responsible for the sinking of the Titanic but that prior to her maiden voyage, parties involved in a major insurance scam had arranged for the seams of the first class, second class and staff swimming pools to be deliberately weakened.
The first class swimming pool was situated directly above the ships boiler room and when the ship hit the icebergs the resulting judder split the weakened seams sending thousands of gallons of water through the intervening decks onto the ships boiler ...putting out the fires ..and leaving the ship dead in the water.
In a domino effect the other swimming pools ,situated aft, also split their seams sending thousands of gallons of water pouring into the stern of the ship ...with the boilers out of action the pumps were not operational with the result that the ship began to settle by the stern
A decision was taken that a hole be cut into the bottom of the ship for the water to drain away....sadly, as we now know, the ship sank before the water could be drained away.
However the recent underwater photos now discount this theory as they show that all three swimming pools on the Titanic are still full.
