In the late 1800s and early 1900s ocean liners were one of the most convenient ways to travel, as well as one of the most popular. However, he attributed the similarities to his extensive knowledge of shipbuilding, and research of maritime trends, which, when looked at, do something to explain the eerie commonalities. There are 41.1 million square miles of Atlantic ocean available for shipwrecks to choose from, and there were plenty of reasons a ship could sink besides an iceberg. After all, the likelihood of someone writing a book so similar to a tragedy that hadn’t even taken place yet is almost impossible. The Titan’s hero John also slays a polar bear who lives on the iceberg in question, which the Titanic’s passengers probably didn’t have time for, but might have been an interesting addition to the movie.Īfter the Titanic tragedy, Robertson was even accused of being clairvoyant due to the insane similarities between his work and real life. For example, the Titan’s sinking left only 13 survivors, while the Titanic left 705, and the Titan actually capsized before sinking, where the Titanic split into two pieces. Though there are a few differences, they are few and far between. Wikimedia Commons The RMS Titanic as it left on its fateful maiden voyage. Both had a severe lack of lifeboats, the Titan holding 24, and Titanic carrying just 20.
Both sank in the North Atlantic exactly 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland. Both ships were hit on their starboard bow, around midnight. The Titanic held 2,200, though both had a capacity of 3,000.īoth ships were British owned. The speed at which the Titan cruised into the iceberg was 25 knots. The length of the titan was 800 feet, the Titanic 882. The similarities between the Titan and the Titanic go far beyond a name and an iceberg. In fact, that’s what makes it even more eerie. The tale could almost be an exact retelling of the Titanic tragedy, if not for its release date. Robertson describes it as “unsinkable,” and “among the greatest works of men.” The Titan strikes an iceberg on its journey, sinking, and becoming one of the worlds greatest tragedies. The story was that of a man named John Rowland, an alcoholic and disgraced former Naval officer, who takes a job aboard the Titan, the worlds largest vessel. In 1898, a man named Morgan Robertson penned a novel titled The Wreck of the The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility. This is actually the plot of a novel titled Futility which was released 14 years before the Titanic ever set sail. However, that story above isn’t a description of what happened to the Titanic. The story sounds familiar to anyone with even minor knowledge of the Titanic. The ship sank quickly, and due to an insufficient amount of lifeboats, it took a majority of its passengers with it. The ship was 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland. Then, suddenly it struck an iceberg on its starboard side while moving at 25 knots. The largest vessel ever to float at 800 feet long, displacing 45,000 tons, and declared unsinkable by all who had seen her was gliding through the water with roughly 2,500 peacefully sleeping passengers. These systems were also built to communicate securely, so that the various radio and other signals containing data would be useless if intercepted.Wikimedia Commons Morgan Robertson, author of The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility. This type of process harkens back to an era where the notion of a satellite talking to a ship or a plane sharing data with a tank was something of a distant possibility. Much of the military’s data collection processes date back years or even decades, with proprietary systems made by one company formatted to share data with that company’s ground stations. And we’re talking thousands of pieces of data that have different labeling systems as well.”
“We’re talking from space to ground, intel feeds from different types of data. It autonomously sifts through massive amounts of sensor data to rapidly find and track potential threats,” says Scott McGleish, executive director for space and command and control systems at Raytheon Intelligence & Space. TITAN is a computer intended for use in the field, and it is “designed to receive, process and disseminate data.
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