You just never know with ships ; I have a VERY interesting book about the RMS Titanic which proposes that it was ,in fact ,a sister ship from the White Star Line, and not "Titanic " at all ! An insurance "scam" it relied on the almost identical appearance of the sister ship, and was the result of terrible finacial problems being experienced by the shipbuilders, Harland and Woolf in Belfast.It is known that there were mysterious circumstances surrounding the sinking ; personnel "in the know" failed to board the ship in Southampton.Others went ashore in Ireland and did not return onboard ( ever !)On the night of the sinking, there were ,incredibly , no binoculars available to the two men who were stationed in the "crow's nest" on lookout duty ;they (the binoculars) were supposed to be kept on the bridge but had "disappeared" that night.And I cannot believe that Captain Smith did NOT KNOW that , if your ship is going down by the head, you COUNTER-FLOOD the stern ; the ship will still sink, but much later !! It is all very suspicious !!